1. Is India really fighting against
corruption with Anna Hazare?
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2. What are the roots of India’s fight against ‘Corruption’?
• 2G spectrum scam resulting into a loss to the exchequer and illegal
manipulation of the spectrum allocation process
• Wikileaks of the US embassy secret cables
• 2010 fake housing loan scam
• Adarsh Housing Society (Mumbai) Scam
• 2010 Commonwealth Games Corruption Controversy
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3. Anna Hazare’s Protest for Jan Lokpal Bill
• On 5 April 2011, Anna Hazare initiated a movement by beginning fast unto
death at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
• Movement gained momentum with support of India’s youth
• Protests erupted in Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and many
other places
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4. Understanding Jan Lokpal Bill
• In India, the Jan Lokpal Bill is a draft anti-corruption bill that would create
an independent body
• It would have the power to prosecute bureaucrats
• The bill was drafted by former IPS officer, Kiran Bedi, Shanti Bhushan,
Justice N. Santosh Hedge, Advocate Prashant Bhushan and former chief
election commisioner J.M. Lyngdoh
• The first Lokpal Bill was passed in 1969 but failed to get through Rajya
Sabha for coming 42 years
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5. Draft Lokpal Bill 2010
Draft Lokpal Bill 2010 was created under the
ruling Congress Party
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9. Favorable Public Opinion
“Hazzare represents millions of people in this country whose
patience with the current corrupt regime is reaching its limit”,
A. Seshan, via e-mail
“It is time politicians responded to Anna Hazare's demands”,
Shankar
“Every Indian should come out and support the cause for which
Anna Hazare risks death. If we do not rise now to face the
moment of truth, we never will”, Anurag
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10. Unfavorable Public Opinion
“The movement behind the Jan Lokpal Bill is crossing the lines of
reasonableness. It is premised on an institutional imagination
that is at best naïve”, Pratap Mehta, political analyst
“The seeds of authoritarianism”, Neera Chandhoke, Indian
Express Group
“The Jan Lokpal Bill: Good intentions and the road to hell”, Amba
Salelkar, Practicing Lawyer
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11. Features of Proposed Bill
• A central government anti-corruption institution called "Lokpal",
supported by state institutions called "Lokayukta" will be set up
• Lokpal will be completely independent of the government
• Members will be appointed through a transparent and participatory
process
• Discussions and video recordings shall be made public
• A list of cases disposed with brief details will be published on the website
• Investigations in each case will have to be completed in one year
• Any loss caused by a corrupt person to the government will be recovered
at the time of conviction
12. • Lokpal will impose financial penalty on guilty officers if any citizen’s work
is not accomplished within a prescribed time period
• Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and if
found to be substantive, will result in his dismissal within two months
• The existing anti-corruption agencies (CVC, departmental vigilance and
the anti-corruption branch of CBI) will be merged into Lokpal
• The agency will also provide protection to whistleblowers who alert about
potential corruption cases
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13. What is India’s future with the Jan Lokpal
Bill?
Keeping the features of proposed Jan Lokpal Bill in mind, can we really
“ensure” the continuation of anti-corruption machinery?
Can we “ensure” honest officials for keeping the committee clean and
genuinely helping common man?
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