New Delhi, More than 70,500 corruption complaints were received against government bodies last year, with banks and the Railways topping the chart, according to a report by the Central Vigilance Commission .
Out of the 70,584 complaints received by the chief vigilance officers – who act as the distant arm of the Commission – 64,905 were disposed of as on December 31, 2025, the report said. As many as 4,118 complaints received last year were related to employees working in the coal sector, 3,107 in finance, 2,804 against Delhi government and 2,722 related to the petroleum ministry, according to the probity watchdog’s report, which was made public recently. A total of 2,633 complaints were against Delhi Police, 2,139 against road transport and highways, and 2,036 related to the Ministry of Home Affairs, excluding Delhi Police, it said. There were 2,030 corruption complaints against human resource development, 1,894 against the labour ministry, 1,536 against insurance companies while 1,469 were related to telecommunication, the report said. A total of 1,410 such complaints were related to the defence ministry, 1,123 against the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, 1,023 related to the steel ministry, and 1,003 against the department of posts, it said. Of the total 18,651 such complaints, a maximum of 4,110 were related to local bodies except the GNCTD, 1,749 against banks, 1,428 related to the Railways, 1,318 against petroleum ministry, 1,307 related to Delhi government and 1,016 against the defence ministry, among others, the report said.
“The remaining 5,679 complaints were under process at the end of 2025, including 2,002 for more than three months,” the CVC annual report 2025 said.
