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Now complain online against corrupt
officials
Sunday December 09, 2012 10:44:40 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: People
across the country would soon be able to file complaints online
against corrupt officials, courtesy a joint project by IGNOU, CVC
and the union HRD ministry, it was announced here Sunday on
International Anti-Corruption Day.
The Central Vigilance Commission's (CVC) 'VigEye' project, which
allows people to submit corruption complaints online will be
popularised by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
through its 67 regional centres spread across the country.
"The VigEye (Vigilance Eye) is a platform for submitting
corruption complaints through mobile phones and internet. People
can lodge their complaint with the help of photographs, audio and
video," Vigilance Commissioner R. Sri Kumar said through a
teleconference at a meeting at the IGNOU campus here.
"The project will soon reach the remote corners of India through
IGNOU in addition, a couple of volunteers at village level shall
be nominated to make rural people aware about it," he added.
According to Kumar, people can send a blank SMS or "VIGEYE" to
09223174440 to get an SMS containing the registration link in
their mobile. "Once you are registered, you can file a complaint,"
he said.
Meanwhile, IGNOU said it will soon be having a curriculum on moral
ethics and vigilance.
"We are grateful to CVC and ministry of human resource development
(MHRD) for choosing us to disseminate the related information to
general public particularly students through our regional centres
across the country," said IGNOU Registrar U.S. Tolia.
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