The government has taken several measures to tackle the menace of corruption. These measures include reduction in pension up to 33 per cent of the government employee against whom major penalty of compulsory retirement has beem initiated, introduction of the Public Procurement Bill 2012 in the Parliament and a general advisory to all Ministries and Departments to carry out an exercise for putting in place regulating parameters for exercising of discretionary powers. 

This was informed by the Personnel, Public grievances and Pensions Minister, V Narayansamy in the Lok Sabha today. He said, a Group of Ministers, GoM, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, has submitted its two reports, suggesting various measures to tackle the corruption. The GoM was constituted in January last year.

The government on Tuesday said the Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI has registered over 2,200 cases of corruption against government officials and individuals in the last three years.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha,Minister of State for Personnel and Public Grievances V Narayanasamy said of the total 2,262 graft cases registered by CBI, maximum of 795 were filed in 2009, while 650 were registered in 2010. He said the Central Vigilance Commission has recommended disciplinary action against 869 officers in 2011 for their alleged involvement in corrupt practices.
Mr Narayansamy said that corruption thrives where transparency is lacking, procedures are complicated, discretion of a high order is permitted and where there is a demand supply gap. The Minister said that the Central Government is tackling these situations by encouraging greater transparency, introducing simplified procedures, reducing scope for discretion.