Central Vigilance Commission

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anti-corruption agency statutory body

The Central Vigilance Commission is India’s apex anti-corruption body responsible for overseeing vigilance administration and advising the government on integrity and probity in public services.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Central Vigilance Commission canonical	7
Central Vigilance Commissioner	2
Central Vigilance Commission (for administrative matters)	1
Central Vigilance Commission (in corruption cases)	1
Central Vigilance Commission as apex anti-corruption watchdog	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3178063 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Vigilance Commission
Context triple: [Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, worksWith, Central Vigilance Commission]

A. National Accountability Bureau
The National Accountability Bureau is Pakistan’s principal anti-corruption agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting financial and administrative misconduct by public officials and institutions.
B. Finance Commission of India
The Finance Commission of India is a constitutional body that recommends how tax revenues should be shared between the central government and the states, helping shape the country’s fiscal federalism.
C. Comptroller and Auditor General of India
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the constitutional authority responsible for auditing all receipts and expenditures of the Government of India and the state governments to ensure accountability and transparency in public finances.
D. Commission on Audit
The Commission on Audit is the Philippines’ independent constitutional body responsible for examining, auditing, and settling all accounts and expenditures of the government and its agencies.
E. Intelligence Bureau
The Intelligence Bureau is India’s domestic intelligence and internal security agency responsible for counterintelligence, counterterrorism, and gathering internal security-related information.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Vigilance Commission
Target entity description: The Central Vigilance Commission is India’s apex anti-corruption body responsible for overseeing vigilance administration and advising the government on integrity and probity in public services.

A. National Accountability Bureau
The National Accountability Bureau is Pakistan’s principal anti-corruption agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting financial and administrative misconduct by public officials and institutions.
B. Finance Commission of India
The Finance Commission of India is a constitutional body that recommends how tax revenues should be shared between the central government and the states, helping shape the country’s fiscal federalism.
C. Comptroller and Auditor General of India
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the constitutional authority responsible for auditing all receipts and expenditures of the Government of India and the state governments to ensure accountability and transparency in public finances.
D. Commission on Audit
The Commission on Audit is the Philippines’ independent constitutional body responsible for examining, auditing, and settling all accounts and expenditures of the government and its agencies.
E. Intelligence Bureau
The Intelligence Bureau is India’s domestic intelligence and internal security agency responsible for counterintelligence, counterterrorism, and gathering internal security-related information.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-corruption agency ⓘ statutory body ⓘ
appointmentAuthority	President of India ⓘ
composition	Central Vigilance Commissioner ⓘ linked to: Central Vigilance Commission Vigilance Commissioners ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
dateFormed	1964-02 ⓘ
establishedBy	Government of India ⓘ
function	advising on systemic improvements to reduce corruption ⓘ conducting vigilance awareness campaigns ⓘ promoting integrity and probity in public life ⓘ reviewing progress of investigations into corruption cases ⓘ
headquartersCountry	India ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India
independenceGuarantee	removal procedure similar to that of a Supreme Court judge for the Central Vigilance Commissioner ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of India ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
legalBasis	Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003 ⓘ
motto	Promoting Integrity in Governance ⓘ
notUnderJurisdiction	private sector employees ⓘ state government employees ⓘ
origin	recommendations of the Santhanam Committee on Prevention of Corruption ⓘ
oversees	Chief Vigilance Officers in central government organizations ⓘ
power	advise on disciplinary proceedings against public servants ⓘ call for reports from central government organizations on vigilance matters ⓘ inquire or cause inquiry into offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, involving central government employees ⓘ issue guidelines on vigilance and anti-corruption measures ⓘ
primaryRole	advising the Government of India on vigilance and anti-corruption matters ⓘ apex vigilance institution in India ⓘ oversight of vigilance administration in central government organizations ⓘ
recommendationBodyForAppointments	committee consisting of the Prime Minister, the Minister of Home Affairs, and the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha ⓘ
relatedLegislation	Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 ⓘ
reportsTo	Parliament of India ⓘ
responsibility	exercising superintendence over the functioning of the Central Bureau of Investigation in corruption cases ⓘ monitoring vigilance activities of autonomous bodies under the central government ⓘ monitoring vigilance activities of central government ministries ⓘ monitoring vigilance activities of public sector banks ⓘ monitoring vigilance activities of public sector undertakings ⓘ
sectorCoverage	Autonomous and statutory bodies under the central government ⓘ Central Government Ministries and Departments ⓘ linked to: Union government ministries of India Central Public Sector Enterprises ⓘ linked to: Indian public sector undertakings Public Sector Banks and Insurance Companies ⓘ
shortName	CVC ⓘ
submits	annual report on its activities to the President of India ⓘ
tenureOfCentralVigilanceCommissioner	4 years ⓘ until attaining the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier ⓘ
website	https://cvc.gov.in ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions → worksWith → Central Vigilance Commission ⓘ

Department of Personnel and Training → subordinateOffice → Central Vigilance Commission (for administrative matters) ⓘ