The vigilance department in Bihar has issued lists of tainted officers and employees with the education department having the highest numbers. The report of the vigilance department is based on the parameters, including the number of FIRs, charge sheets, departmental actions and other violations against the officers and employees. 

Accordingly, the vigilance department sends the reports to every department, following which, the promotion of the employees and officers are being decided. The employees and officers of every department get a promotion in the second half of every year and the vigilance department issues lists of tainted and honest officers, as stated in a report by IANS. 

The highest numbers of tainted officers are in the education department while the lowest are in the fire and sports departments. Interestingly, the education department has the highest allocations of budget.

As per the vigilance list, the number of tainted officers in each department are: 

Education - 935 

Panchayati Raj - 330 

General Administration - 245 

Home Ministry - 235 

Revenue - 190 

Rural Development -130 

Urban Development and Housing - 128 

Power- 120 

Water Resource- 113 

Road Construction - 81

Food Supply - 77

The least number of tainted officers are in these departments.

Law - 2

Basic education infrastructure - 2

Fire brigade - 1 and 

Sports department - 1