CVC recommendations against govt officials non-binding on departments

DoPT asked deptts to ensure that complaints against govt employees are disposed of within 6 months

Vigilance clearance for senior government officers has been relaxed by the central government. The change has been effected this month through an order by its Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).  

The relaxation, which overrides an earlier order of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), however, will not be applicable to officers of banks and state-run organisations.

The change is significant, as it has been made when Parliament is debating the need to relax a key provision in the Prevention of Corruption Act to offer a larger space to public servants for making decisions. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said at