Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informers - Resolution (PIDPIR) - 2004

In 2004, in response to a Writ Petition (Civil) No. 539/2003 filed after the murder of Shri Satyendra Dubey, the Supreme Court directed that a machinery be put in place for acting on complaints from whistleblowers till a law is enacted. Pursuant to that, the Government of India have notified the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informers Resolution (PIDPIR), 2004 which gave the powers to the Commission to act on complaints from whistle-blowers.

If a complainant, while exposing a case of corruption, wants his/her identity to be kept secret, he/she should lodge the complaint under Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informers Resolution (PIDPIR).

Provision for Filing Complaints Under PIDPI Resolution (Format:PDF ,Size: 2.4 MB ,Language :English)

Whistle Blower Policy

With a view to establishing a mechanism for the employees to report to the Management in respect of unethical behaviour, actual / suspected fraud, violation of the Company’s general guidelines on conduct or ethics policy, a Whistle Blower Policy is introduced in MDL.

The main objective of this policy is to provide necessary safeguards for protection of employees from reprisals or victimization for whistle blowing in good faith and to provide opportunity to employees to access in good faith to the Competent Authority in case they observe unethical / improper practices or any other wrongful conduct in the Company.

Whistle Blower Policy (Format:PDF ,Size: 256 KB ,Language :English)

Whistle Blower Policy-Marathi (Format:PDF ,Size: 622 KB ,Language :English)