भ्रष्ट को पकड़ावाओ 5 लाख तक इनाम पाओ - बिहार सरकार
The Vigilance Department is the arm of the government entrusted with the task of eradicating corruption and upholding the purity of administration. It originated as a wing of Political (General) Department in 1946, it was renamed as Anti Corruption Department. In course of time, it became a Cabinet (Vigilance) Department, under the Cabinet Co-ordination Department, Finally in Department of Vigilance come into existence as an independent Department. Its Office is located at Soochna Bhawan, Near New Secretariat.
It has a broad spectrum of deriving effective modalities to keep watch over the corrupt practices of Government servants. Apart from legal measures, the department is making effort to sensitize people for raising their voice against corruption. The department has realized that without the co-operation of the society, legal measures, alone are not enough. The department is seriously concerned about speedy trail of the accused and speedy disposal of complaint petitions, so that, the people may feel that Vigilance Department functions as the eyes and ears of the Government and it shall not allow misuse of govt. fund meant for development and for the welfare of the people. It is also examining the suitability of the prevailing laws related to Vigilance.
Hon'ble Chief Minister, Sri Nitish Kumar holds charge of the department. The department itself is headed by a Secretary or Principal Secretary. It has three investigation agencies, namely Vigilance Investigation Bureau, Special Vigilance Unit and Technical Examiner Cell, In order to speed up trapping of corrupt Govt. servants and to collect intelligence about disproportionate assets belonging to corrupt Govt. servants the Government of Bihar set up Special Vigilance Unit by recruiting on contract basis a team of retired CBI Officials who had high reputation for integrity during their service tenure etc.
Official website http://vigilance.bih.nic.in/
Under the Zero Tolerance policy of State Govt. against corruption, kindly note down the following telephone numbers and addresses to report such incidents:
To report any type of corruption matters -
Concerned Officer/Name of Office:
Vigilance Dept., Bihar, 4th Floor, Soochana Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna.
Phone - (0612)-2217048 (Office), 2232704 (Fax)
E-Mail: svccvd@nic.in Toll-Free No. 1064.
To report corruption in Police/Administration/Govt. Departments and to catch the corrupt person red handed -
Vigilance (Investigation) Bureau, 6 Circular Road, Patna, Bihar.
Phone: (0612)-2215043, 2215344. 77659-53261 (Mobile).
E-Mail: spvig-bih@nic.in
To report cases of disproportionate assets of senior officer of Class I -
Special (Vigilance) Unit, 5-Daroga Rai Path, Patna.
Phone - (0612)-2506253, 94318-00135 (Mobile)
E-Mail: svu.patna-bih@nic.in
To submit complaints about Technical Matters and Construction Works -
Technical Examiners Cell, Block 2, First Floor (Part) Main Secretariat, Patna.
Phone - (0612)-2535001 (Office), 85444-19040 (Mobile)
Note: Please submit written complaint as well at the given addresses, even after reporting over the phone.
Visit Official website http://vigilance.bih.nic.in/