Income Tax Department celebrate Vigilance Awareness Week for All Tax Payers

Vigilance Awareness week (31-10-2016 to 05-11-2016)

Citizens Integrity Pledge

I believe that corruption has been one of the major obstacles to economic, political and social progress of our country. I believe that all stakeholders such as government, citizens and the private sector need to work together to eradicate corruption. I realize that every citizen should be vigilant and commit to uphold high standards of honesty and integrity at all times and support the fight against corruption.

As a citizen of the country, I, therefore, pledge:

• To follow probity and rule of law in all walks of life;
• To neither take nor offer bribe;
• To perform all tasks in an honest and transparent manner and be accountable to all my actions;
• To take decisions objectively and impartially;
• To act in public interest;
• To lead by example exhibiting integrity in personal behaviour;
• To report any incident of corruption to the appropriate agency.

Integrity Pledge

We believe that corruption has been one of the major obstacles to economic, political and social progress of our country. We believe that all stakeholders such as government, citizens and the private sector, need to work together to eradicate corruption. We acknowledge our responsibility to lead by example and the need to put in place safeguards, integrity fameworks and code of ethics to ensure that we are not part of any corrupt practice and we tackle instances of corruption with utmost strictness. We realize that as and organization, we need to lead from the front in eradicating corruption and in maintaining highest standards of integrity, transparency and good governance in all aspects of our operations.

We, therefore, pledge that:

• We shall promote ethical business practices and foster a culture of honesty and integrity;
• We commit to good corporate governance based on transparency, accountability and fairness;
• We shall adhere to all relevant laws, rules and compliance mechanisms in the conduct of business;
• We shall not tolerate bribery in any form or engage in any unethical business practices;
• We shall adopt a code of ethics to ensure ethical behaviour of all our employees and take appropriate action for any transgressions of the code;
• We shall sensitise all employees of laws, regulations etc. relevant to their work for effective discharge of their duties;
• We shall provide a proper grievance redressal mechanism to raise their grievances and report suspicious activities;
• We shall aspire for excellence and protecting the rights and interests of all stakeholders and the society at large.

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