Overview
- Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reiterated the three‑pronged zero‑tolerance strategy on Tuesday during state Vigilance Awareness Week, calling for intelligence‑led action, prosecutions regardless of rank, and strict punishment for convicted officers.
- Odisha Vigilance reported concrete enforcement results that officials say include 41 dismissals, stoppage of 91 pensions and an increased conviction rate that rose to about 65 percent by late October 2026.
- The agency highlighted record operational work including disposal of 488 cases last year, CM approval of 105 prosecution sanctions—the highest in two decades—and a February 2026 disproportionate‑assets search that recovered about Rs 4.28 crore in cash.
- To professionalise investigations, the state has placed cadre prosecutors in 17 courts, appointed legal advisers and ex‑CBI lawyers, recruited chartered accountants, banking and cyber specialists, and given in‑principle approval for 100 new Sub‑Inspector and Inspector posts.
- The new Preventive Vigilance Research Wing will analyse case data to identify corruption‑prone procedures and posts while the government plans to use the national JAM system and an approved Odisha IT Policy to reduce grassroots fund diversion.