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DEPARTMENT:QUALI
TYCONTROL
VI
GILANTI
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NDIA
Int r
oduction:TheCent ralVi gilanceCommi ssionhasdeci dedt hatt hisy ear
thev i
gil
anceawar enessweekwoul dbeobser vedf rom 27thOct obert o2nd
Nov ember ,2020wi ththet heme‘ SatarkBhar at,Samr i
ddhBhar at( Vigi l
ant
Indi a,ProsperousI ndia).Int hisessay ,wewi l
ldi scusswhatar et heper ksof
bei ngVi gi
lantinourdai lylifeinwor klife.Wewi ll alsoseet hebasi cpr oblems
wehav efacediny ourdai lylifeandt hepossi bl
ecount ermeasur es.Thewor d
vigilancecomesf r
om t heLat i
nwor d‘ vi
gilāns,whi chmeans‘ tobewat chful’
.
Sot hiswor disalway sassoci atedwi thsomeot herwor dssuchas‘ honest y,
truthf ul
ness,Caut i
ous, Alert,Wat chf
ul ,Ethical,
Mor ali
tyetc.Av igilantper son
shoul dalwaysbecaut i
ousandbeat tentiveabouthi s/hersurroundi ngst o
wat chforanyunet hical andi ll
egal act i
vit
iesandshoul draisehi s/herv oice
accor di
ngly.Themai ni deabehi ndt hisconcepti st hatwhent heci tizenof
Indi awillhavest r
ongmor ale,goodi nt egrityandapassi onat eenought o
eradi catemal i
ciousact ivi
ties, t
hewhol ecount rywi llgetthebenef it
s.
Backgr ound: Ifweobser vetheev olutionofmanki nd,itisclearlyvisibl
ethat
atthebegi nning, i
twasf ull
chaos.Ourol dancest orswer eusedt oeat
ever y
thing, r
oam ev erywher eli
keawi ldbeast .Thengr adually,theyhad
discov eredt heuseoff ir
e, t
henuseofmet al consequent lylearnt oliv
esociall
y
andsoon.So, itmakesuswonder , whyonear t
honl yhumanspeci eshav e
dev el
opedt hatmuchov eraspanofmer esomet housandy ears?Theone-
wor dansweri s‘ Alert
ness’.Wehav eal waysst r
ivedf orgr eaterknowl edgeand
refi
ningexi st i
ngknowl edgeort echni que.TheHer cul eant asktoev al
uate
existi
ngsy stem, findingflawsandl oophol esi nitandf i
nallybringing
necessar yreformst orevoluti
onizet heentiresy stem canonl ybeachi evedby
ahandf ulvigilantmi nds!Wehav eseeni tanumer oust imenotonl yinIndia
butal loverWor ld.Soi ti
soursol er esponsi bi
lit
yt onur turet hev i
gil
anceor
wat chfulnessamongour selvesfort hebettermentoft hesoci ety.
Body : Letusnowdi scussaboutbr i
ngingvigi
lancei nourof f
ice/
wor k
fl
ooract iv
ity
.Firstrul
eisnottoi ndul
gei nanymal practices.Youdef i
nitel
ywil
l
facesomer ealli
feproblems,whi chwillcompel yout odosomei mmor al
or
unethicalacti
vit
ieswill
ingl
yorunwi ll
ingly.Youhav etotacklet hosesituat
ions
tact
fully.I
fthesituati
onsarev eryall
uringandt empt i
ng, youhav etothink
aboutt heinnerconscienceort hemor alevalueswhi chy ouhav ebeen
i
mpr intedbyy ourparentsorteacher.Ar esearchstudyf rom theWor l
dBank
hasclearl
ystatedthatdecli
neinmor alval
uescausest her i
seofcorrupti
on.If
youareforcedtodosomeunet hi
calworksbyy oursubordinateorhigher
off
ici
al,i
mmedi atel
ybringittothenoti
ceoft othededicatedv i
gil
ance
depar
tment ,whereyourwi l
lgetthenecessaryguideandsuppor t.I
tisonlyour
‘
nottobulge’atti
tude,whichwillpl
aythepivotalr
oleinreducingcorrupti
on.
Anot herimpor t
antaspecti st akingast andagai nstmal practice.Now
peopl ebecomemor esel f-centred, self-orientated.Usual ly,ther i
seof
corrupt i
ondi rectl
yr el atest otheunwi llingnesst opr ot est.I fweseeany
unethical ormal pract icesar egoi ngonar ound, wesi mpl yi gnor ethinkingt hat
whyt obot her?Itwi llnotaf f
ectusper sonal l
y.Butwef orgetonebasi ct hing.
Onceaf i
recat chesahousei nsideadensev i
ll
age, gr adual l
yi twil
l burnt he
enti
rev il
l
agei fthef irei snotext ingui shedatt hef i
rstpl ace.So, onceamal
practiceorunet hical wor kcul turehasst artedi nthewor kfloor ,i
tshoul dbe
uproot edatt hebegi nni ngi t
selfot herwi sei twi l
l i
nfl
ictmor edamaget ot he
organi zation.Soi tisourdut ytot akest andwhenev erwehav eobser vedsuch
ki
ndofact ivi
ti
est aki ngpl acear ound.Acor r
upt edor gani zat ionorsy stem or
nati
oni sabur dent oot hers.Itisl ikeamal i
gnantcel linsi deabody ,whi chwi ll
makeal l
theot herheal thycel lsint ocancer ousbyr api dcel ldivi
sionandf i
nall
y
whol ebodywi l
lbecol l
apsed.Topr eventt his,theai l
ingbodyofsy stem shoul d
haveunder gonechemot herapyofmor ality,vi
gilanceawar enessandet hi cs.An
earl
yst ageofmal pr act i
cescanbet r
eat edeasi lyjustl ikecancer ,
itismor e
dif
ficulttosi eget hecor r
uption, oncei thasspr eadov ert hewhol e
organi zation.Prev ent i
vest epsar eal way swel comet hanf i
ndi ngcur es.I fwe
changeourt his‘Don’ tcar e/Noti nterest ed’ attit
ude, count rywi l
lseel esscases
ofRapes, Robbery ,t
hef tandVi gilanceI ndi ainit
iati
vewi llguideust ot hatway .
Countermeasure:Therearesomecount
ermeasur
est
otackl
ethi
s
i
nfect
ious,cont
agiousdiseaseasmenti
onbelow:
 Toeducat
eeachandeveryciti
zentoknowaboutt
heirbasi
cri
ght
sas
wel
lasworkpol
icy
,worket hi
cstodif
fer
ent
iat
ebetweenthegood
pr
acti
cesandmalpract
ices.
 Toarr
angev igi
l
ancewor kshopsspeci
all
yfory
oungbuddi
ngpeopleal
l
overt
henation,becausetheyplayt
hepivot
alr
olef
orthenat
ion’
s
pr
osperi
ty.
 Tosensit
izeeveryIndi
ant hroughdigi
tal
medium/soci
alnetwor
kabout
thesever
ityofcorr
uption.Itshoul
dbegivenequali
mportanceas
alr
eadygivenforQuitTobaccoorPol i
oCampaign.
 TheVi gil
anceAwarenessProgr
am shouldbeconductedatleastbi
mont hlyorquar
terl
yinst
eadofyear
ly.Becausei
tisl
ikevehicl
eservi
cing.
Frequentservi
cingwil
lmakeourdail
ydrivesmoothandeffortl
ess.
 Theawar enessprogr
am shouldbetakenpl
acei
nschool andcoll
eges
t
oo,becausemor eearl
yitwil
lbetaught,
moreef
fect
ivel
yitwil
llast
.
 Thereshoul
dbeacompul sorysubj
ectofMor al
sciencejustl
ike
envi
ronmentsciencef
oreachandev er
ystudent,becauseiti
sequall
y
i
mpor t
anttosaveoursocial
andsurroundi
ngenv i
ronmentinaddit
ionto
thenatur
alenvi
ronment.
Concl usion:Letussummar i
set hepoi nts,whi chwehav etil
ldiscussed.
First,weshoul dhav eawat chful eyeatoursur roundingt olookf oranymal
pract i
ces/unet hi
cal incident.Secondl y ,wehav etomakeourst and
i
mmedi atelyifpossi bleorl aterbr i
ngingi ttot henot iceofconcer ned
count ermeasur edepar tment .Thirdly,
wehav et osensi ti
zethecommon
peopl eaboutt heirbasi crightsandet hicsandmor ali
tyandmot ivatethem
topr otestagai nstanymal feasance.Four thly.Weshoul dtakethehel pof
digitalplatfor
mst or eacheachandev erydoor stepofr emot enooksand
l
iteratet hem aboutt henecessi tyofst ay i
ngv igilant.Fi
fth,wecant hinkof
i
nt roducingcompul sorymor al sciencesubj ecti nSchool andcol l
ege
syllabus, sothatt hest udent swi llhaveacl eari deaaboutmor al andet hi
cs
bef oreent eri
ngi ntowor k/industry.Iam v er ymuchhopef ulthatVi gi
lant
Indiainitiati
vewi llprovidet henecessar yf i
repowert oil
luminatet he
commonpeopl emi ndwhi chwi llMakeI ndiaGr eatAgai n.

bev
igi
l
ant
;guar
dyourmi
ndagai
nstnegat
ivet
hought
s.–Lor
dBuddha.