Corruption Cases Involving Officers of Mes and Bro
The details of corruption cases registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against officials of Military Engineering Services (MES) and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for last three years and 2018 till date are as under:-
|
Year |
No. of cases in MES |
No. of cases in BRO |
|
2015 |
01 |
01 |
|
2016 |
09 |
01 |
|
2017 |
09 |
Nil |
|
2018 |
02 |
Nil |
|
Total: |
21 |
02 |
A case has been registered by CBI against the accused officers in all 23 cases. The decision of Ministry of Defence for prosecution of the accused Government Servants in competent Criminal Courts has been conveyed to CBI in 16 cases.
In order to ensure transparency, accountability, probity and level playing field,a panel of Independent External Monitors (IEMs) has been established for MES and BRO for monitoring high value defence contract procurements
Besides, MES and BRO have established preventive vigilance mechanism under which periodic surprise vigilance checks are carried out as per Standard Operating Procedures. Both the organizations have also implemented e-tendering and e-payment process to root out any complaints of corruption in manual tendering and payments.
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) also examines the contracts and works carried out by MES and BRO through its Chief Technical Examiner. Any short comings are brought to the notice of the Ministry of Defence, which are taken to its logical conclusion by effecting changes in the system and procedure to root out any scope for corruption.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Raj Babbar in Rajya Sabha today.
