Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said power corridors have been duly neutralised of corrupt elements and corruption is no longer a password to opportunity, job or a contract, but is a passage to jail.
Corruption no longer dictates the administration, Mr Dhankhar said addressing the valediction ceremony of the 76th batch of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) at the National Academy of Direct Taxes in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city.
India is no longer a sleeping giant but is fast moving towards becoming a global power, he said.
During G-20 presidency, we became the voice of the global south. Such powerful combination of nations. Look at the GDP and population they represent and their voice was not being heard. It is now at a prominent platform, thanks to Bharat and our visionary leadership,” he said.
Emphasising the use of technology to the IRS officers, Dhankhar said cash handling has been a menace in the society and technology discourages informal handling of cash, which is extremely damaging to the society.
Steps like these have brought about unprecedented transparency and accountability within the system now, aligning with the norm of zero tolerance to corruption in Bharat today, he said.