Every year a "Vigilance Awareness Week" is observed by public authorities to make people and stakeholders in general aware of the new anti-corruption measures/systems, which have been put in place within the organization. Independency of civil servants is sought assured by various initiatives, such, among others, the rotation every two/three years of senior officials in sensitive positions; the prohibition for civil servants to accept gift/lavish hospitality by companies with which they are having official dealings unless the government has given its approval. Some of the initiatives taken by government to combat the menace of corruption are:

Positive Impact of E-Governance: A wide range of public services have been digitized, which has considerably increased the speed of government services and removed some of the possibilities for demanding bribes. ......read more

India has a number of institutions at the federal and state level with authority to deal with allegations of corruption. Each state in India is responsible for setting up local anti-corruption agencies which have powers to investigate cases of corruption involving public officials at state level. The major federal anti-corruption institutions are as follows:

The Central Bureau of Investigation: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was set up in 1963 and it functions under the Ministry of Personnel, Pension & Public Grievances, Government of India. ......read more