Overview
- Home and Vigilance Minister Ramesh Chennithala announced Project Zero on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, unveiling a state-led campaign to make Kerala corruption-free.
- The government is asking citizens to report corrupt officials and promises strict confidentiality and protection for informants, with a ₹5,000 reward for video evidence of bribery.
- A first draft of a fully rewritten 1969 Vigilance Manual is ready for scrutiny and will be used to update procedures and internal checks across departments.
- The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau will step up surveillance and register more trap cases while deploying new technology to detect and prevent cyber and digital corruption.
- Chennithala said prior-sanction requirements in the amended Prevention of Corruption Act slow prosecutions and that he has approached the Supreme Court to seek clarity or relief on that legal hurdle.