Seeking to fight corruption with the active participation of people, Kerala government on Friday launched two mobile applications which can be used to upload information regarding graft.<\/p>\n
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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched the applications – \u2018ArisingKerala\u2019 and \u2018Whistle Now – at a function here on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day.<\/p>\n
Using the apps, people can upload videos and audios related to corruption around them.<\/p>\n
The advanced mobile applications were developed by the state Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau as part of its series of innovative initiatives to fight graft.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the occasion, Vijayan said the government would give away a whistleblowers award every year for those who expose corruption and help bring the culprits before law.<\/p>\n
\u201cA corruption-free and sustainable development is the core objective of the state government. We are initiating several programmes to end corruption in the government and semi-government institutions as part of the proactive policy of zero tolerance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said the apps can be downloaded from Google Play Store and people can upload information regarding corruption.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can also submit suggestions and register their opinion through the apps,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Assuring full support to those who fight corruption, the Chief Minister said the government would be with them in their campaigns.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who fight corruption need not harbour any fear as the government is with them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Apparently referring to the recent media coverage given to the quick verification by Vigilance against some high- profile officials, Vijayan said, \u201cThe anti-corruption agency will investigate allegations against anybody if it receives any complaint. It is natural and the responsibility of the agency.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, he said, \u201cIt is not desirable to crucify any person by unleashing campaigns since the beginning of the investigation itself. Let Vigilance probe the allegation first,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, even those who perform their duties efficiently may also have to face investigation, if complaints arise, the Chief Minister said.<\/p>\n
Unveiling various programmes of Vigilance aimed at ending corruption, he said the agency had launched initiatives to end graft in environment and education sectors also.<\/p>\n
VACB Director Jacob Thomas said the number of corruption cases in government departments had come down in the last six months after the CPI(M)-led LDF government came to power.\u2014PTI<\/em><\/p>\n Image: Alamy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seeking to fight corruption with the active participation of people, Kerala government on Friday launched two mobile applications which can be used to upload information regarding graft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}