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- Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) has launched a ‘Whistle-blower Portal’, as a part of ‘Vigilance Awareness Week 2021’.
- IREDA is a PSU under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE).
- The latest issue of Vigilance journal ‘Pahal’ was also released by IREDA.
About the Portal
- Through this portal, IREDA employees can raise concerns related to fraud, corruption, abuse of power etc.
Why was the portal necessary?
- The whistle-blower portal is a part of IREDA’s “zero tolerance” of corruption.
- IREDA has a Good and Clean Governance policy that stresses the importance of transparency and procedural fairness.
- Whistle-blower Policy is thus important.
Way Ahead
- Such dedicated portals are a welcome step towards good governance.
- Suitable legislation needs to be enacted to provide protection to innocent whistleblowers.
- Strengthening the whistleblower protection mechanism will help in ensuring that the integrity of democracy is protected, cherished and upheld.
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Source: IREDA
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