(a) whether some Railway employees and officers have been
found involved and arrested in corruption cases;
(b) if so, the details thereof during January, 2002 to till
date, zone-wise and category –wise;
(c) the action taken against those employees/officers; and
(d) the measures taken or likely to be taken to check
corruption in Railways?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI BANDARU DATTATRAYA)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) & (c) A statement is attached.
(d) The measures taken by the Railways to check corruption are as under:
(i) Preventive checks and decoy checks are carried out intensively in corruption prone areas.
(ii) Speedy and effective investigation of complaints.
(iii) Strict vigil is kept on the officials borne on Agreed /Secret List.
(iv) System improvements and procedure amendments to improve transparency and reducing possibility of corruption.
(v) Educating and training of officers in the matter of tenders and contracts.
(vi) Stringent exemplary action against those found guilty of corruption.
(vii) Man the Railway Recruitment Boards by officials of proven integrity.
(viii) Delegate more powers to field organizations to enable speedy decisions as delay breeds corruption.
(ix) Wide publicity for seeking assistance of the public not to succumb to their desire of achieving favours by greasing palms of corrupt staff and instead bringing up such matters to the notice of vigilance organization of Indian Railways.
(x) Bridge the gap between demand and supply by augmentation of capacity of trains.
(xi) Periodical transfer of officials working on sensitive posts.
S.No Zonal No. of officials Total Action Taken Railway category-wise Against
Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr.A + Gr.C A B C D Gr.B
1 Central 1 Nil Nil Nil 1 Prosecuti - Railway on
2 Eastern 1 1 1 Nil 3 Major Major Penalty Railway Penalty to both the officers
3 Northern Nil 1 3 Nil 4 Prosecuti Prosecution Railway on against all three.
4 N.E. Railway 1 Nil 2 Nil 3 Under Prosecut Investiga ion tion by against CBI both
5 N.F. Railway Nil 1 1 Nil 2 Under Prosecut Investiga ion tion by CBI
6 Southern Nil Nil 11 Nil 11 - Against Railway 6 officials, prosecution and major penalty and against 5 officials, major penalty 7 Western Nil Nil 13 Nil 13 - Against 10 Railway officials, investigation by CBI is under progress and against 3 officials, prosecution
8 North West Nil Nil 1 Nil 1 - Investig Railway ation by CBI under progress
Total 3 3 32 Nil 38