Over 750 corruption cases pending CBI investigation

CBI registered over 2000 corruption cases in the last three years and 758 of them are pending investigation, the government said today.
The agency registered a total of 2,283 cases of corruption between 2010 and till June 2013.
Of these, 650 such cases were registered in 2010, followed by 600 in 2011 and 703 in last year. About 330 corruption cases were registered between January and June this year, Minister of State for Personnel, Public grievances and Pensions V Narayanasamy told Lok Sabha in a written reply.
Of the total registered cases, charge sheets were filed in 1,317 and closure reports were filed in 208 others, he said.

Out of the total of 758 cases under probe, 34 were registered in 2010, 88 in 2011, 348 in 2012 and 288 filed in the first six months of this year, the Minister said.
The government was taking several steps which includes enactment of Right to Information Act, 2005, introduction of e-governance and simplification of procedures and systems, issue of citizen charters and placing details of immovable property returns of all members of All India Services (IAS, IPS and IFS) and other 'Group A' service officers (including IAAS, IPoS, ITS, etc), Narayanasamy said.