'Cases where (the) commission has advised issuance of sanction for prosecution during the month and cases where (the) commission had advised imposition of suitable major penalty during the month,' it said.

The commission was quite active few years ago when N. Vittal was at the helm.

The CVC was set up by the government in 1964 on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption to advise and guide central government agencies in the field of vigilance.

As the apex vigilance institution, the CVC is free of control from any executive authority, it monitors all vigilance activity under the central government and advises different authorities in planning, executing, reviewing and reforming their vigilance work.