GUWAHATI: The week-long observance of Vigilance Awareness Week 2023 at NRL, on the theme, 'Say no to corruption; commit to the Nation' from October 30 to November 5, 2023, concluded on November 6. The programme was held at the NRL corporate office in Guwahati. It was streamed live for all employees of NRL spread across different locations, including Numaligarh, New Delhi, Kolkata, Siliguri, Paradip, and other project locations.
The function was graced by the presence of Dr. Ravi Kota, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Assam; Shri Maninder Singh, IAS (Retd.), Chairman, AEGCL, Govt. of Assam; Dr. Ranjit Rath, CMD, Oil India Limited and Chairman NRL; and Smt. Pooja Suri, Independent Director, Oil India Ltd.
MD, NRL, Shri B J Phukan; Chief Vigilance Officer, NRL, Shri Amit Saran (IRSME); and Director (Finance), NRL, Shri Sanjay Choudhuri, also attended the closing ceremony.
Dr. Ravi Kota (IAS), Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Assam, in his speech compared vigilance to the natural cognitive skill of the human mind, which is at play at every step; losing, which may lead to a fall; and stressed the need for every public servant to practice preventive, participative, proactive, and punitive vigilance, a press release said.
Earlier, the closing function commenced with the welcome address delivered by Smt. Pronita Deka, GM(Vigilance), NRL, wherein the august audience was apprised of the various activities taken up during the week to sensitise and re-affirm the collective responsibility of NRL towards upholding probity in the conduct of duty and even beyond.
The activities for employees and their dependents included the conduct of quiz, essay and slogan competitions and a host of talk-sessions on the PIDPI (Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informers) Resolution, and Capacity-Building training programmes for employees across office locations of the Company.
Further, internal manuals/guidelines/circulars were updated, and systemic improvement measures were identified and implemented; along with the launch of a Complaint Disposal Portal for timely disposal and monitoring of Vigilance complaints.
Moreover, endeavours for fostering mass sensitisation on the ills of corruption included the conduct of a Business Partners' Meet at Kunjakan, NRL Township at Numaligarh; an outreach programme at Numaligarh High School, Gram Sabha at Kordoiguri Village and a Walkathon at Golaghat with participation from 150 children, in order to encourage commitment to a unified approach of the general public for realising a vigilant India of tomorrow.
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