Vigilance Awareness Week begins across country today

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Oct 27, 2020
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Vigilance Awareness Week begins across country today

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The Vigilance Awareness Week, 2020 will be observed from today till 2nd of November. 

This year the theme is -  Satark Bharat, Samriddh Bharat (Vigilant India, Prosperous India). Vigilance Awareness Week is observed every year during the week in which the birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel falls on 31st of October.

The CBI is hosting a 3-day national conference on vigilance and anti-corruption beginning today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the conference via video conferencing this evening.
 
The CBI organizes this national conference coinciding with ‘Vigilance Awareness Week.
 
The three day conference will discuss series of issues including the challenges in investigation in foreign jurisdictions, Preventive Vigilance, Systemic improvements for financial inclusion and prevention of bank frauds, Effective Auditing,  Latest amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Act, Capacity Building and Training, Multi Agency Coordination, Emerging Trends in Economic Offences, Cyber Crimes and Transnational Organized Crime, among various Criminal Investigative Agencies.
 
The Conference will also bring policy makers and practitioners on a common platform enabling them to combat corruption through systemic improvements and preventive vigilance measures.
 
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh will also address the Inaugural Session. 

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