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Odisha Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja has laid out a detailed roadmap for rooting out corruption in government offices, urging departments to adopt preventive vigilance as a core strategy.
In a directive issued on Thursday, Ahuja asked all department heads and district collectors to ensure that officials with doubtful integrity are excluded from sensitive positions. The move, he said, is part of the state's commitment to clean, transparent, and citizen-centric governance.
Citing recent corruption cases unearthed by the vigilance department, Ahuja stressed the need for proactive and sustained efforts. "Mere punitive action is not ...