(a) whether the corruption is rampant in the parcel booking offices of the Railways;
(b) if so, the number of complaints received in this regard during each of the last two years, Zone-wise; and
(c) the number of officers found guilty and the
action taken against them?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R.VELU)
(a) : No, Sir. However some cases of corruption
in parcel booking offices of Zonal
Railways have been detected in the past.
(b) & (c) : A statement is attached. Suitable
disciplinary action has been taken against
officials found responsible for
irregularities.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4253 BY SHRIMATI SANGEETA
KUMARI SINGH DEO & SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MAHATO TO BE
ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.05.2006 REGARDING
CORRUPTION IN PARCEL BOOKING OFFICES
(b) & (c)
Zonal Railway Complaints No. of officials received against whom disciplinary action has been taken 2004 2005 2004 2005
Central Railway 31 13 5 1 Eastern Railway 7 2 0 0 Northern Railway 56 27 2 3 North Eastern Railway 2 9 0 1 North East Frontier 0 0 0 0 Railway Southern Railway 8 9 0 0 South Central Railway 21 6 4 0 South Eastern Railway 3 3 2 0 Western Railway 3 1 2 0 East Central Railway 10 4 1 0 North Western Railway 6 5 3 0 North Central Railway 15 10 6 8 West Central Railway 12 18 1 3 South East Central 0 0 0 0 Railway East Coast Railway 1 4 0 0 South Western Railway 1 2 0 0