NOTES AND REFERENCES

1. The Committee on Prevention of Corruption with parliamentarian K. Santhanam as the Chairman, four other MPs and two senior officers as members, was appointed by the Government of India in 1962.

2. The Central Vigilance Commission Bill having been passed by both the Houses of Parliament received the assent of the president on 11 September 2003. It came on the statute Book as the Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003.

2a. Annual Report 2015-16, Ministry of Personnel, Government of India, p. 101.

3. The authorities of the Central government include a corporation established by or under any Central act and government company, society and any local authority owned or controlled by the Central government.

4. The All-India Services include Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS).

4a. Annual Report 2015, Central Vigilance Commission, pp.

2-4.

5. Report on Ethics in Governance, January 2007, Second Administrative Reforms Commission, Government of India, p. 106.

6. Originally, the year of the Act was 2011. Later, it was changed to 2014.

7. The Indian Express, "Whistleblowers Protection Act gets President’s nod”, May 13, 2014.