VIGILANCE:

A MANAGEMENT TOOL
PERTINENT FOR APDs/APCs
By
D.S. Mishra

CVO, AAI

NIAMAR: 09.02.09

CORPORATE MISSION:
To achieve highest standards of safety and quality in
air traffic services and airport management by
providing state-of-the- art infrastructure for total
customer satisfaction, contributing to economic
growth and prosperity of the nation.

CORPORATE VISION:
To be a world-class organization providing leadership
in air traffic services and airport management &
making a major hub in Asia Pacific region by 2016.

What is Vigilance?
Oxford English Dictionary defines Vigilant as
keeping careful watch to avoid possible
danger or difficulties.
For example, parents keep a watch over
young children to avoid any untoward
incident or accident.

What is Vigilance?
(Contd.)

Vigilance in the context of an organization

means:

Keeping a watchful eye on the

activities of the Units personnel
and taking prompt action to promote
ethical practices and ensure
integrity and honesty in the official
transactions.

Why Vigilance?
There are individuals who indulge in
unethical activities of getting personal gains
at the cost of the organization.
Such persons infect others leading to wastes,
losses and economic decline.
Their acts damage the image and goodwill of
the organization.
Hence, to rein such persons mis- endeavours
and promote organizational interest, vigilance
is required.

Why Vigilance?
(contd.)

Vigilance helps in:

Enhancing the image of the organization;

Promoting culture of honesty & integrity;
Reducing wastages/ leakages;
Improving productivity;
Ascertaining accountability;
Increasing transparency and fairness;
Protecting honest performers;
Disciplining the wrong-doers; and
Striving for zero tolerance to corruption.

Where Vigilance?
Vigilance is essential everywhere. However, a focused
attention is required where,
Officials have high discretions;
There is scope for jumping the queue;
Rules/ procedures are complex;
Accountability is low;
Delay in decision making is detrimental;
Opportunities to negotiate exist; and
Individuals are prone to corruption.

What is Vigilance Angle?

Demanding and/ or accepting gratification for an
official act or influencing others;
Obtaining valuables without consideration/ with
inadequate consideration from someone in official
dealing directly/ indirectly;
Obtaining himself or for others valuables or pecuniary
benefits by corrupt or illegal means or by abusing
power;
Possession of assets disproportionate to income;
Misappropriation, forgery or cheating etc; and
Other irregularities, which cast doubt on integrity.

How Vigilance?
Preventive Vigilance, that includes
simplifying rules/ procedures; curtailing
discretions; improving transparency,
fairness, competitiveness and
accountability; promoting awareness
among clients; educating/ sensitizing the
officials through workshops, seminars and
training programmes; and posting officials
of clean integrity on sensitive posts.

How vigilance?
(Contd.)

Reactive Vigilance, that involves carrying out

investigation and taking punitive action by
initiating disciplinary/ criminal proceedings
against the corrupt officials.
Surveillance and Detective Vigilance, that
entails conducting surprise inspections;
scrutinizing Annual Property Returns; and
cultivating other sources for detecting
corruption entrepreneurs to ensure clean
functioning in the organization.

What is Corruption?
Use of public office for private gains.
-World Bank

Corruption =
Mystification + Discretion
- Accountability

How to Curb Corruption?

Identify complex rules/ procedures & simplify;

Assist in curtailing discretions;
Enhance transparency & fairness in action;
Follow rules & regulations and record reasons
for deviations, if any;
Maintain devotion to duty, high level of
integrity and commitment to Authority;
Facilitate promotion of ethical culture; and
Help in creating corruption free environment.

What to be Ensured?
Fundamental elements to ensure
corruption-free delivery:

Accountability;
Competition;
Transparency;
Fairness;
Avoid Discretion;
Simplification; and
Timeliness.

Is Vigilance a Management Tool?

Yes,
Vigilance helps in improving efficiency and
effectiveness of the personnel and the
organization;
Vigilance boosts clean business transactions,
professionalism, productivity, promptness,
ethical practices and impartiality; and
Vigilance assists in systemic improvements to
curb opportunities for corruption.

Do Not be Afraid of Vigilance

Vigilance does not harass any personnel but helps
the management in improving the system and
work environment through following actions:
Protecting the honest personnel;
Encouraging whistle blowers;
Doing justice to the person who takes wrong
decision in business interest with no mala-fide;
Initiating action against corrupt officials; and
Creating ethical and healthy work culture.

Corporate Vigilance Directorate

Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) heads the
Corporate Vigilance Directorate (CVD) and is
appointed by the Central Government with the
concurrence of CVC. His office is at Corporate
Head Quarters, New Delhi .
GM(Vig) and other Vigilance Officers are
mainly deputed from various wings of AAI.
CVD has the responsibility of maintaining
probity, honesty and integrity in the organization.

Vigilance Organization
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is the
apex body constituted by the government to
exercise general superintendence and control
over vigilance matters.
Chief Technical Examiners Organization
(CTEO) is the technical wing of CVC.
Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) is the
prime investigation agency constituted by
Central Government for investigating special
crimes and corruption cases.

How to Contact?
CVC:
http://www.cvc.nic.in

CVO:
http://www.aai.aero/about aai/vigilance
http://infosaarathee/vigilance

Email:
cvoaai@aai.aero

Corruption Perception Index (CPI)*

Rank

Country

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Denmark

9.5

9.5

9.5

9.4

9.3

Finland

9.7

9.6

9.6

9.4

9.0

New
Zealand

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.4

9.3

20

USA

7.5

7.6

7.3

7.2

7.3

46

Bhutan

6.0

5.0

5.2

72

India

2.8

2.9

3.3

3.5

3.4

72

Brazil

3.9

3.7

3.3

3.5

3.5

72

China

3.4

3.2

3.3

3.5

3.6

94

Sri Lanka

3.5

3.2

3.1

3.2

3.2

131

Nepal

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.7

138

Pakistan

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.4

2.5

162

Bangladesh

1.5

1.7

2.0

2.0

2.1

179

Somalia

1.4

1.0

* Prepared by Transparency International (Source: http://www.transparency.org)

CPI=10 means most honest and CPI=0 menas most corrupt.

Corruption Perception Index Rank

COUNTRY

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Finland

Denmark

New Zealand

Iceland

USA

18

17

17

20

20

18

32

46

45

Bhutan

2008

India

83

90

88

70

72

85

China

66

71

78

70

72

72

Brazil

54

59

62

70

72

80

Sri Lanka

66

67

78

84

94

92

90

117

125

131

121

Nepal
Pakistan

92

129

144

142

138

134

Bangladesh

133

145

158

156

162

147

179

180

179

180

Somalia
No. of Countries

133

146

159

163

* Prepared by Transparency International (Source: http://www.transparency.org)

Some Inspiring Quotes

On this earth there is enough for every ones need
but not for their greed.
M.K. Gandhi
No legacy is as rich as honesty.
Shakespeare
Knowledge without integrity is dangerous and
dreadful.
Samuel Johnson
Even when there is no law there is conscience.
Annonymous

Some Inspiring Quotes

(Contd.)
Do not do what you would undo if caught.
Leah Arendt

An honest man is the noblest work of god.

Alexander Pope

The wealth earned through pious means

flourishes, and that through dishonest ways brings
destruction ultimately.
Atharva Veda

Some Inspiring Quotes

(Contd.)
He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is
on his guard.
Publilius Syrus

Where vigilance creeps in, corruption jumps out.

Anonymous

Bright future awaits the honest, shady past haunts the

corrupt.
Anonymous

The inevitable becomes intolerable, the moment it is

perceived as no more inevitable.
Alexender de Tocqueville

Thank you