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Call to check graft in public service

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 4 . The Chief Secretary, N. Chandrasekharan Nair, has stressed the need for simplifying rules and procedures in order to curb corruption in public service. He was speaking at a seminar organised by the Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau in connection with its annual official conference here today.

The Chief Secretary said lack of transparency in Government business was another factor that bred corruption.

While all official matters except five per cent should be open to the public, even transfers and postings were now being kept secret.

One common form of corruption was the payment of a monthly sum as "speed money" to officials for getting something done urgently, he said. Strangely, in Kerala, money was taken not for doing something illegal, but for doing what was right.

The Lok Ayukta, K. Sreedharan, the DGP, Hormese Tharakan, and the former Additional Chief Secretary, Babu Paul, also spoke. Earlier, the Vigilance Director, Upendra Varma, welcomed the gathering.

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