After the citizen reporters created by the electronic media, now come citizen sleuths to be eyes and ears of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in fighting corruption in the central government, nationalised banks and public sector undertakings.
The CVC is launching on Thursday a new portal 'Vig-Eye' (vigilance's eye) on the Internet on which the citizens can upload videos or audios direct from their mobiles on the occasion of the UN-designated International Anti-Corruption Day.
India's topmost statutory anti-corruption body wants you to carry out a little sting operation using the mobile phone whenever you notice corruption or you are asked for a bribe.
Just download a mobile application to be mounted on the
CVC website and then you can upload the audio or video as evidence of corruption straight from the mobile. Alternatively, use a computer to upload it after registering as a 'vigeyete' on the website.
The new citizen-centric initiative of the CVC will be unveiled on Thursday at a seminar it is organising in the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on 'empowering citizens to combat corruption'.
The new portal "Vig-Eye" will be launched
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at this seminar. As a note on the CVC website states, this is an attempt to involve a wide set of stakeholders in tackling corruption that include the overnment institutions, private sector, civil society, media,