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Vigilance Awareness Week 2026: CVC announces the theme "Probity for Prosperity"
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Vigilance Week's theme is "Probity for Prosperity": the CVC origin and 2003 Act facts GS2 expects
Vigilance Awareness Week runs 26 Oct-1 Nov under the theme "Probity for Prosperity".
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
2 मिनट
Vigilance Awareness Week 2026 is being observed across India from 26 October to 1 November, with the Central Vigilance Commission announcing the theme "Probity for Prosperity".
The Commission is the apex integrity institution for the Central government, set up on the Santhanam Committee recommendation and given statutory status by the CVC Act, 2003.
The week coincides with the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 31 October.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
मुख्य तथ्य
Remember these
- Vigilance Awareness Week 2026: 26 October to 1 November
- Theme 2026: "Probity for Prosperity"
- CVC is the apex integrity institution of the Central government
- Set up in 1964 on the Santhanam Committee recommendation
- Statutory status given by the CVC Act, 2003
प्रीलिम्स · मेन्स
How the exam will ask it
प्रीलिम्स
- The Central Vigilance Commission was created on the recommendation of the Santhanam Committee on the Prevention of Corruption.
- The CVC acquired statutory status through the CVC Act, 2003.
- Vigilance Awareness Week is observed around the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 31 October.
मेन्स
GS2: Governance. Corruption erodes transparency and accountability; the CVC, set up on the Santhanam Committee's advice and made statutory by the CVC Act, 2003, supervises vigilance in central bodies. Its limits (advisory role, dependence on departmental action) point to the way forward: stronger autonomy, preventive vigilance and citizen participation.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
The Central Vigilance Commission, which observes Vigilance Awareness Week around the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was set up in 1964 on the recommendation of which committee?
- Santhanam Committee
- Vohra Committee
- Tarkunde Committee
- Dinesh Goswami Committee
उत्तर देखें
उत्तर: A — The correct answer is Santhanam Committee. The Santhanam Committee on the Prevention of Corruption recommended creating the CVC, which began in 1964.
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