what is lokpal bill

it is drafted by justice santosh hegde of karnataka, mr. sinha former vigilance officer and all other anti corruption officer(working).

Salient features of Jan Lokpal Bill

1.An institution called LOKPAL at the centre and LOKAYUKTA in each state will be

set up

2.Like Supreme Court and Election Commission, they will be completely independent of the governments. No minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations.

3.Cases against corrupt people will not linger on for years anymore:

Investigations in any case will have to be completed in one year. Trial should be completed in next one year so that the corrupt politician, officer or judge is sent to jail within two years.

4.The loss that a corrupt person caused to the government will be recovered at

the time of conviction.

5.How will it help a common citizen: If any work of any citizen is not done in

prescribed time in any government office, Lokpal will impose financial penalty on guilty officers, which will be given as compensation to the complainant.

6.So, you could approach Lokpal if your ration card or passport or voter card is not being made or if police is not registering your case or any other work is not being done in prescribed time. Lokpal will have to get it done in a month’s time. You could also report any case of corruption to Lokpal like ration being siphoned off, poor quality roads been constructed or panchayat funds being siphoned off. Lokpal will have to complete its investigations in a year, trial will be over in next one year and the guilty will go to jail within two years.

7.But won’t the government appoint corrupt and weak people as Lokpal members?

That won’t be possible because its members will be selected by judges, citizens

and constitutional authorities and not by politicians, through a completely

transparent and participatory process.

8.What if some officer in Lokpal becomes corrupt? The entire functioning of

Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. Any complaint against any

officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the officer dismissed within two

months.

9.What will happen to existing anti-corruption agencies? CVC, departmental

vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal

will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and

prosecute any officer, judge or politician.

10.It will be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are

being victimized for raising their voice against corruption.

source:http://indiaagainstcorruption.org/

loopholes of lokpal bill:

this lokpal bill will be another eyewash. why? for the following reasons:

suppose a person complains to lokpal against a corrupt officer. lokpal will do investigation within one year. as lokpal has no right to arrest that corrupt officer, it will have to lodge an FIR to police and as it has no right to prosecute that officer, it has to sue that corrupt person in court. so again, lokpal comes under the corrupt system it is made to destroy. court will take years to resolve or police will do their magic.

secondly how lokpal will protect somebody if it has no special force?

so lokpal bill is again an eyewash.

what shoud be done to make lokpal a real lokpal:

lokpal should be given the following things:

1] power to arrest

2] power to prosecute

3] a force to enforce its decision.

in short the lokpal should be a judiciary cum executive body independant of the

govt.