The framework includes:
- Public Servants (Enquiries) Act, 1850
- Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Special Police Establishment, 1941
- Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
- Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988
- Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952
- All-India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968
- All-India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969
- Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964
- Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965
- Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966
- Vigilance organisations in ministries/departments, attached and subordinate offices and public undertakings
- Central Bureau of Investigation, 1963
- Central Vigilance Commission, 1964
- State Vigilance Commissions, 1964
- Anti-corruption bureaus in states
- Lokpal (Ombudsman) at the Centre
- Lokayukta (Ombudsman) in states
- Divisional Vigilance Board
- District Vigilance Officer
- National, State and District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions
- National Commission for SCs
- National Commission for STs
- National Commission for BCs
- National Commission for Minorities
- Supreme Court and High Courts in states
- Administrative Tribunals (quasi-judicial bodies)
- Directorate of Public Grievances in the Cabinet Secretariat, 1988
- Parliament and its committees
- ‘File to Field’ programme in some states like Kerala.
- Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2014
- Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
- Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System, 2007