The In­tegri­ty Com­mis­sion record­ed its high­est-ever com­pli­ance rate last year, with 78 per cent of peo­ple in pub­lic life sub­mit­ting their fi­nan­cial de­c­la­ra­tions—a sharp rise from 61 per cent the year be­fore.

The fig­ure is part of the Com­mis­sion’s 37th An­nu­al Re­port, which at­trib­uted the in­crease to sus­tained out­reach and ed­u­ca­tion ef­forts tar­get­ing pub­lic of­fi­cers, board mem­bers, and elect­ed of­fi­cials.

“While the over­all com­pli­ance rate is en­cour­ag­ing,” the Com­mis­sion said, “we con­tin­ue to see sig­nif­i­cant room for im­prove­ment in key cat­e­gories.”