Jammu,03-Nov;Prime Minister Narendra Modi says time has come for a decisive fight against corruption. He termed corruption as an evil, and the country must stay away from it. The Prime Minister was addressing a programme marking Vigilance Awareness Week of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in New Delhi today. Mr Modi said every department of the government should show the same will to fight corruption like the NDA government is displaying.
He highlighted that trust and reliability are keys to create a developed nation. This year, Vigilance Awareness Week is being observed from 31st October to 6th November with the theme – Corruption Free India for a Developed Nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also launched a new Complaint Management System portal of the CVC. The portal is envisioned to provide end to end information to citizens through regular updates on the status of their complaints. The Prime Minister also gave away awards to top five students who wrote the best essays during a nationwide essay competition on the theme of Vigilance Awareness Week. He also launched three books published by CVC.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr Jitendra Singh said that under the leadership of Narendra Modi, several administrative reforms were undertaken in the last years. He said, moving ahead with the vision of Maximum Governance and Minimum government, several rules and procedures were simplified, and also those which do not have relevance were removed. He said, the government’s aim is to create a corruption-free society, and is making all out efforts in this direction.
