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Whistleblower Protection in India
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In the aim to protect "whistleblowers", i.e. individuals who witness an illegal act and expose this knowledge to a public authority in a view to have the witnessed act stopped and sanctioned, the government of India has drafted drafted a Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informers' Bill 2002. While this bill was under examination by the legislator, the murder of an engineer in India, who had disclosed information on corrupt practices taking place in the course of a construction project, revealed the need for immediate action to enhance the security of whistleblowers. Consequently, in order to assure a meaningful protection of informers and to encourage disclosures of corruption and fraud until the entry into force of the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informer's Bill, the Central Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, has enacted Resolution No. 89 on 21 April 2004. This resolution grants a protection mechanism similar to the one foreseen by the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informers' Bill 2002. The Central Vigilance Commission has been designated to handle complaints submitted under the Resolution (Office Order No. 33/5/2004).
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