Central Vigilance Commission (1964) was set up on the recommendation of the

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Answer 1

The Central Vigilance Commission was established in 1964.

Key Points

The CVC's role is to provide central government entities with vigilance-related advice and guidance.
The Central Vigilance Commission is designed to be the top watchdog organization and independent of all executive powers.
After August 25th, 1998, Central Vigilance Commission was transformed into a multi-member commission with statutory status.
It was established on the advice of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption led by Shri K. Santhanam.

Thus, Central Vigilance Commission (1964) was set up on the recommendation of the Santhanam Committee.

Additional Information

Gorwala Committee was related to Public Administration and was established in 1951.
Kripalani Committee related to fundamental rights, It was the subcommittee on fundamental rights chairman.
The Administrative Reforms Commission was established by Morarji Desai for revising India's public administration structure in 1966.