KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 1
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the government is committed to preventing corruption.
While receiving the annual report of National Vigilance Centre today, Prime Minister Deuba pledged government support to the Centre's every step against corruption.
The report was presented to the prime minister at a programme at the Prime Minister's official residence, Baluwatar.
On the occasion, the prime minister assured effective implementation of the NVC's recommendations to the government, NVC Under-secretary and Information Officer Hari Prasad Sharma said.
An NVC delegation led by its Secretary Sushil Chandra Tiwari presented the 19th report (for the fiscal 2020-21) to the prime minister. The report states about the major work executions of the Centre in the given year and it was presented to the prime minister as per the NVC (Work Operation) Regulations, 2009.
The report comprises four chapters: The first chapter introduces the Centre, its organisational development, its functions, duties and rights, organisational structure and human resources, and the policy-level arrangements and efforts to maintain good governance.
Likewise, Chapter 2 presents a synopsis of the Centre's major activities carried out in the fiscal year 2020-21 while Chapter 3 is comprises suggestions to the government for preventing corruption and Chapter 4 concludes the report.
The Centre had received 520 complaints in 2020- 21and 324 complaints remained to be sorted out from the previous fiscal year 2019-20. Of a total of 844 complaints, 594 were settled in the last fiscal year.
Technical tests are conducted in various phases while constructing public structures to ensure quality and to oversee whether the construction works complied with the laws. A lab has been set up for the same.
Equipment will be brought into use by calibrating by the middle of the current fiscal year 2021-22.
According to the Centre, technical test of 24 development projects has been conducted already. Among them, three were national pride projects while the rest were for other projects. Six agriculture and irrigation related development projects also underwent technical test.
A 21-day training was imparted among 25 staffers to train them for technical test of the development projects.
Monitoring the property details of the civil employees and office-bearers of public agencies every fiscal year is also one of the major functions of the Centre.
The Centre said that 97. 28 per cent civil employees had submitted their property details in 2019-20 while it was 97.19 per cent in fiscal year 2018-19.
The Centre's functions and authority have been regulated by anti-corruption legislations, strategies and action-plans as well as the Prevention of Corruption Act (Work Operation) Regulations, 2009.
The Centre, established as per the Prevention of Corruption Act-2003, has been running corruption prevention programmes. It came into being on 12 August 2002.
A version of this article appears in the print on February 2, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
