The Central Vigilance Commission has recommended that penalty be imposed on 92 officials belonging to different government departments and public sector undertakings for their alleged involvement in corruption.

The highest number of 21 officials belong to the Central Board of Excise and Customs followed by 13 from the Ministry of Railways, ten each from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Northern Coalfields Ltd, the CVC said in its performance report for June.Nine such employees are from Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, eight from the State Bank of India, five from the Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions, four from Bank of India and two from Oriental Bank of Commerce among others, it said

The Commission has received a total of 1,167 complaints related to corruption in different government departments during the month.

The anti-corruption watchdog has made recoveries to the tune of Rs 3.47 crore during the month after finding discrepancies in different works undertaken by the departments.

The Commission said it was deeply concerned over continuing delays in filling the post of Chief Vigilance Officers in several key organisations like Hindustan Shipyards Ltd, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Delhi Transport Corporation and NALCO.

"The Government is being regularly reminded," the report said.