Bhubaneswar, Sept. 15 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/recent_photo_1719415154.jpg

Odisha Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja has directed all government departments to bar officials of 'doubtful integrity' from holding sensitive roles, stressing that a zero-tolerance culture towards corruption must be institutionalised at every level of administration.

In a letter issued to additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, RDCs, district Collectors and the Director General of Vigilance, Ahuja cited recent vigilance cases to underline the urgency of preventive action.

He noted that punitive measures alone are not enough and called for systemic elimination of corruption through administrative, legal, social, econom...