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10/08/22 05:45 AM IST

Suresh Patel is new central vigilance commissioner

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  • The government  appointed former Andhra Bank CEO and incumbent vigilance commissioner Suresh N Patel as the new chief of the Central Vigilance Commission.
  • Former Intelligence Bureau director Arvind Kumar was appointed as a vigilance commissioner along with ex-IAS officer Praveen Kumar Srivastava.
Suresh Patel 
  • Patel, former managing director and chief executive officer of Andhra Bank, was in April 2020 appointed as the vigilance commissioner.
  • He has been officiating as the CVC since June 24 this year after the completion of term by former IAS officer Sanjay Kothari.
  • A three-member selection panel led by Prime Minister Modi had met in July to decide on the CVC and vigilance commissioners.
  • The Union home minister and the leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha are the two other members.
  • The tenure of a CVC and vigilance commissioner is of four years or till the incumbent attains the age of 65 years.
About CVC 
  • Central Vigilance Commission is the apex vigilance institution, free of control from any executive authority, monitoring all vigilance activity under the Central Government and advising various authorities in Central Government organizations in planning, executing, reviewing and reforming their vigilance work.
  • Vigilance means to ensure clean and prompt administrative action towards achieving efficiency and effectiveness of the employees in particular and the organization in general, as lack of Vigilance leans to waste, losses and economic decline.
  • The CVC was set up by the Government in February, 1964 on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption, headed by Shri K. Santhanam. In 2003, the Parliament enacted CVC Act conferring statutory status on the CVC.
  • The CVC is not controlled by any Ministry/Department. It is an independent body which is only responsible to the Parliament.
Source- PIB 

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