Vigilance Awareness Week to be held from Oct 29 to Nov 3
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 28 (MExN): Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio today stated that the present People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) government in Nagaland would endeavor to bring out a “comprehensive zero tolerance policy towards corruption.”
In his message to mark the beginning of the Vigilance Awareness Week, which will be observed from October 29 to November 3, he pointed out that corruption is a “manifestation of greed of an individual for power, position and wealth.” This year’s theme for the Vigilance Awareness Week is ‘Eradicate Corruption- Build a New India.’
Pointing out that enabling provisions, community actions, and adequate legislations can all play an important role in eradicating corruption, the Chief Minister however said that the real big change would happen only when individuals are able to manage their greed.
In spite of the fact that punishment and penal actions delivered quickly, the Chief Minister stated that a lot more will be achieved by inspiring the young generation to lead a successful life based on a combination of righteousness and honesty.
Rio meanwhile reaffirmed his government’s commitment towards “making all out efforts to implement transparency and good governance initiatives in the fight against corruption and taking steps to eradicate corruption and measures to solve the issues faced by the people.”
He however stated that the government alone cannot make a corruption free state.
“Change will be powered by every citizen. Nevertheless anti-corruption efforts cannot be successful without the active participation of all the stakeholders, especially the public at large. It is therefore imperative that the public should be made aware of the need for their involvement in such efforts,” he said. The Chief Minister called upon all citizens to join and actively participate in the movement to eradicate corruption “and build a New India.”
Gov urges SVC to promote transparency
Meanwhile Nagaland State Governor, PB Acharya in his message called upon the State Vigilance Commission (SVC), as the apex anti- corruption institution of the State, to promote transparency and accountability and maintain integrity in public life. “The investigation into corruption cases must be brought to its rational conclusion whereby public resources are recovered from the corrupt officials as well as act as deterrence to others,” the Governor stated.
Acharya said that it is imperative to understand why corruption exists, the factors that influence it and how to tackle corruption effectively. “Let us join together and work untiringly for eradication of corruption in all spheres of life and build a New India of our dreams,” he said.
He made a call for all sections to “come together and reaffirm our commitment to promote vigilance concepts and to rededicate ourselves to the cause of fighting corruption.”
The Governor maintained that corruption cannot significantly come down unless all stakeholders support and participate to eradicate corruption. Increased transparency, fairness, equity, competitiveness and leveraging of technology in all areas of functioning of the Government should be promoted, he urged.
