India, Aug. 3 -- Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today said that sustained institutional reforms, technology-driven governance and continuous monitoring have significantly strengthened the country's vigilance framework, leading to a sharp reduction in the pendency of disciplinary cases from more than 4,000 to nearly 700 in about three to four years.
Dr. Jitendra Singh made these remarks when the outgoing Central Vigilance Commissioner Shri Praveen Kumar Srivastava called on him on the completion of his tenure and briefed him on the major initiati...