MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)
(a) & (b): The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has informed that during the
last three years and the current year (up to February, 2011), the Central Bureau
of investigation and the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Government of NCT of Delhi
has registered 64 cases involving 128 officials of the MCD. The details in this
regard are as under:
Year Number of Cases Number of officials Number of officials registered booked suspended
2008 30 60 21
2009 20 43 14
2010 14 25 13
2011 (up to Nil Nil Nil
February, 2011)
Total 64 128 48
(c) & (d): Out of the aforementioned 64 cases, 52 cases are at the stage of
investigation by the respective investigating agencies. One case is at the
stage of prosecution sanction. 11 cases are under trial, disposal of which
depends on decision in these cases by the Hon’ble Court. However, the MCD has
taken preventive steps to curb corruption, which include the following:
i. Introduction of biometric system of attendance to check fake attendance;
ii. Introduction of e-tendering to maintain transparency and to reduce corruption;
iii. Undertaking a special audit for verifying financial irregularities;
iv. Bringing systemic improvement in sanction of building plan (now building
plan will be approved within one week if the same is submitted through an approved
architect certifying that the building plan is in conformity with the MCD Building
Bye Laws);
v. Modifying the system of booking of municipal parks in order to curb the
menace of fake booking by tent mafia;
vi. Introduction of special task force in MCD to carry out multifarious
inspections;
vii. Introduction of more effective third party checking (besides adding two
more laboratories namely RTC Okhla and National Test House, Ghaziabad, another
factor in quality testing protocol has been introduced by inclusion of Indian
Institute of Technology, CRRI and NCCB Ballabhgarh for third party assurance);
viii. Chalking a proper procedure for the hospitals for conducting medical tests
for new appointees;
ix. Evolving mechanism for disposal of complaints received from Central Control
Room at Raj Niwas, inception of newly constructed Central Control Room and subsequent
time bound action and forwarding the report accordingly;
x. Introduction of a toll free telephone (No. 1266) to invite more complaints
in order to bring effective changes and improvement in working of MCD; and
xi. Putting the names of NGOs applying for grant in aid on-line and inviting
objection from the public regarding their performance so that the working of NGOs
can be taken into account while recommending grant in aid.
