The Centre has received nearly 40,000 complaints dealing with corruption related to Covid-19, officials familiar with the matter told the news agency.
In April this year, the Govt had set up a separate portal to expeditiously address any grievances related to COVID-19 pandemic & has received over 167,000 complaints so far, of which over 150,000 have been addressed. The complaints have been collated on the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances website.
The grievances of corruption, which are sorted according to ministries, include bribery, embezzlement of funds & harassment by Govt officials while dealing with Coronavirus cases.
“The issue came up at the November 25 meeting of PRGATI,” an official who did not wish to be named said. PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance & Timely Implementation) includes various ministries & is the government’s administrative reform initiative that was launched in 2015.
The Official said that “(At the meeting) the Prime Minister wanted to know how many of the complaints received were about corruption & how they were handled".
Officials said that the data asked for by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being collated & will be presented to him at the follow-up meeting on Monday.
The official mentioned above said that “The PM wanted to the nature of complaints regarding the three Ps - persons, process & policy".
On April 1, the news agency had reported that a majority of grievances received related to Covid-19 had earlier revolved around sanctioning visas, bringing back stranded Indians from abroad & the availability of essential services.
The categories under which the grievances are filed are: Inadequate facilities in hospitals, problem in donating to PMCares fund, essential supplies not being provided, request for rescue from a foreign country, being stuck at some place due to lockdown, harassment, lockdown not adhered to, examination-related, quarantine-related, suggestions & others, the news agency had reported.
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