Explanation:

• The Conduct Rules, contained in the Central Services (conduct) Rules, 1964 and analogous rules applicable to members of the All India Services or employees of various State Governments. The code of behaviour as enunciated in the Conduct Rules while containing some general norms like 'maintaining integrity and absolute devotion to duty' and not indulging in 'conduct unbecoming of a government servant' is generally directed towards cataloguing specific activities deemed undesirable for government servants. These rules do not constitute a code of ethics.
• There is no Code of Ethics prescribed for civil servants in India although such codes exist in other countries.
• The Central and State Vigilance Commissions are examples of other oversight mechanisms that are autonomous but lie within the framework of the State. Analysts have categorized these accountability mechanisms into horizontal accountability mechanisms which refer to those located within the State as against vertical accountability mechanisms which are outside the State and include the media, civil society and citizen.