Complying with the provisions under the Right to Information Act, the Central Vigilance Commission has for the first time has made public the name of 123 government officials against whom it had suggested prosecution or imposition of penalty for alleged corruption.

The Commission earlier gave out only the numbers of officials, along with their departments, against whom it suggested prosecution and penalty proceedings in its monthly report. But for the first time, names have been posted on the CVC's website.

The list for July included names of 101 officials against whom the Commission has suggested imposition of major penalty.

Of them, 17 are working in nationalised banks, 13 in Delhi Development Authority and 11 in Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

Of the 22 officers against whom prosecution proceedings have been advised, seven are from Home Ministry -- four of them IPS officers, seven from Central Board of Direct Taxes and two from Indian Forest Service.

The anti-corruption body has also recommended heavy penalty against nine officials each from the ministry of railways and the New India Assurance Company Ltd, and 11 from ONGC.

The move is "in furtherance of the transparency initiatives and the spirit of the RTI Act,2005," the Commission said in its note posted on the website.