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Occasion For Amending Lokpal Act Has Not Arisen: Government In Parliament
The occasion for changes in the Lokpal Act, to confer the anti-corruption ombudsman with the powers to reconsider and review its orders, has not arisen, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
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Lokpal Fails To Give Prosecution Sanction To Anyone In Nearly 3 Years: RTI
The Lokpal has failed to provide prosecution sanction to public servants charged with corruption, since its constitution nearly three years ago, according to an RTI reply by the anti-graft ombudsman.
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Anna Hazare To Launch Hunger Strike On Lokpal From Today
Social activist Anna Hazare has announced that he would launch a hunger strike from today over the "non-fulfillment" of assurances by the Centre and the Maharashtra government on the appointment of Lokpal and passage of Lokayukta Act in the state respectively.
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Anna Hazare To Visit UP To Mobilise Support For Lokpal and Lokayukta
Noted social activist Anna Hazare will visit Lucknow on Monday to moblise support for the Lokpal and Lokayukta, one of his aides said on Saturday.
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No Need For Employees To Declare Assets Till New Rules Framed: Centre
Central government employees, who had a December 31 deadline to declare their assets and liabilities under Lokpal Act, do not need to make the disclosure for now as government is finalising a fresh set of rules.
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Don't Probe Officials Without Nod From Government: Parliamentary Panel
"Will the 'make-up' men be arrested?" That's how Anil Swarup, Secretary in the Ministry of Coal, reacted to a newspaper report that said a special Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI court had dropped all charges against former Telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh after it found that "the CBI had made up the charges against Ghosh."
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Deadline For NGOs To Declare Assets Extended As Lok Sabha Passes Bill
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday swiftly passed a bill to allow an extension of the July 31 deadline for 50 lakh central government employees and directors and trustees in NGOs to declare their assets.
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Lok Sabha Approves Amendment To Lokpal Act For Deferring Asset Filing
Lok Sabha today approved an amendment to the Lokpal Act to allow extension to 50 lakh central government employees and NGOs receiving government funds in the deadline for filing asset declaration beyond July 31.
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Government Introduces Bill To Amend Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act
A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha today to amend the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 to enable the leader of the single largest opposition party in the house being made a member of the committee that would select the ombudsman.
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PM Narendra Modi Hasn't Been Able To Enforce Lokpal, Says Congress
The Congress today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his claims on checking corruption, and said that he has still not been able to enforce Lokpal.
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Central Government Employees Asked To Declare Assets By April 15
All central government employees have been asked to mandatorily file details of their assets and liabilities, including those of their spouse and dependent children, for past two years by April 15, as required under the Lokpal Act.
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Rajya Sabha Refers Anti-Corruption Bill To Select Committee
In the wake of objections by some members, Rajya Sabha today referred to a Select Committee a bill to amend the Anti-Corruption Act of 1988 which provides for enhancing penalty for graft to a maximum of seven years from the present five years.
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Lokpal Bill May be Single Window Stop for All Corruption Probe
A Parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal bill may recommend that the proposed anti-corruption watchdog be a single window stop for probing all corruption complaints against government functionaries by ending multiplicity of investigating agencies to investigate graft cases.
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Parliamentary Panel on Lokpal Gets Third Extension
The deadline for a Parliamentary panel examining the bill on anti-corruption watchdog Lokpal for submission of its report has been extended for a third time till November 15.
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File Tax Returns Early: Government Tells Bureaucrats
All central government officers have been asked to file details of their assets and liabilities, as mandated under the Lokpal Act, at the earliest to avoid last minute rush, the Centre said on Thursday.
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Occasion For Amending Lokpal Act Has Not Arisen: Government In Parliament
The occasion for changes in the Lokpal Act, to confer the anti-corruption ombudsman with the powers to reconsider and review its orders, has not arisen, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
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Lokpal Fails To Give Prosecution Sanction To Anyone In Nearly 3 Years: RTI
The Lokpal has failed to provide prosecution sanction to public servants charged with corruption, since its constitution nearly three years ago, according to an RTI reply by the anti-graft ombudsman.
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Anna Hazare To Launch Hunger Strike On Lokpal From Today
Social activist Anna Hazare has announced that he would launch a hunger strike from today over the "non-fulfillment" of assurances by the Centre and the Maharashtra government on the appointment of Lokpal and passage of Lokayukta Act in the state respectively.
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Anna Hazare To Visit UP To Mobilise Support For Lokpal and Lokayukta
Noted social activist Anna Hazare will visit Lucknow on Monday to moblise support for the Lokpal and Lokayukta, one of his aides said on Saturday.
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No Need For Employees To Declare Assets Till New Rules Framed: Centre
Central government employees, who had a December 31 deadline to declare their assets and liabilities under Lokpal Act, do not need to make the disclosure for now as government is finalising a fresh set of rules.
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Don't Probe Officials Without Nod From Government: Parliamentary Panel
"Will the 'make-up' men be arrested?" That's how Anil Swarup, Secretary in the Ministry of Coal, reacted to a newspaper report that said a special Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI court had dropped all charges against former Telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh after it found that "the CBI had made up the charges against Ghosh."
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Deadline For NGOs To Declare Assets Extended As Lok Sabha Passes Bill
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday swiftly passed a bill to allow an extension of the July 31 deadline for 50 lakh central government employees and directors and trustees in NGOs to declare their assets.
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Lok Sabha Approves Amendment To Lokpal Act For Deferring Asset Filing
Lok Sabha today approved an amendment to the Lokpal Act to allow extension to 50 lakh central government employees and NGOs receiving government funds in the deadline for filing asset declaration beyond July 31.
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Government Introduces Bill To Amend Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act
A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha today to amend the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 to enable the leader of the single largest opposition party in the house being made a member of the committee that would select the ombudsman.
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PM Narendra Modi Hasn't Been Able To Enforce Lokpal, Says Congress
The Congress today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his claims on checking corruption, and said that he has still not been able to enforce Lokpal.
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Central Government Employees Asked To Declare Assets By April 15
All central government employees have been asked to mandatorily file details of their assets and liabilities, including those of their spouse and dependent children, for past two years by April 15, as required under the Lokpal Act.
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Rajya Sabha Refers Anti-Corruption Bill To Select Committee
In the wake of objections by some members, Rajya Sabha today referred to a Select Committee a bill to amend the Anti-Corruption Act of 1988 which provides for enhancing penalty for graft to a maximum of seven years from the present five years.
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Lokpal Bill May be Single Window Stop for All Corruption Probe
A Parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal bill may recommend that the proposed anti-corruption watchdog be a single window stop for probing all corruption complaints against government functionaries by ending multiplicity of investigating agencies to investigate graft cases.
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Parliamentary Panel on Lokpal Gets Third Extension
The deadline for a Parliamentary panel examining the bill on anti-corruption watchdog Lokpal for submission of its report has been extended for a third time till November 15.
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File Tax Returns Early: Government Tells Bureaucrats
All central government officers have been asked to file details of their assets and liabilities, as mandated under the Lokpal Act, at the earliest to avoid last minute rush, the Centre said on Thursday.
