Lokpal Bill In Parliament
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No consensus on Lokpal Bill after all-party meet: 10 big facts
Will India get the new anti-corruption law it has been waiting for? The Lokpal Bill - named for a national anti-graft agency that it creates - was passed by the Lok Sabha. But the Winter Session of the Rajya Sabha ended before the bill could be put to a vote. The Prime Minister called an all-party meeting today to build consensus before the bill ...
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Parliamentary panel tables report on Lokpal Bill in Parliament
The parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal Bill has submitted its report to Parliament. The bill establishes a new ombudsman agency, the Lokpal, that will investigate corruption among government servants. Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, who has pivoted a nationwide movement against graft, has threatened to go on a new hunger strike if the B...
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Anna writes an open letter to all MPs
As the government plans to introduce its version of the Lokpal Bill in the parliament this week, Anna Hazare has written an open letter to the MPs making an appeal to them not to allow introduction of such an 'anti-poor' Lokpal Bill. In his letter to the parliamentarians, Mr Hazare has written that there are many critical issues affecting poor peop...
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No consensus on Lokpal Bill after all-party meet: 10 big facts
Will India get the new anti-corruption law it has been waiting for? The Lokpal Bill - named for a national anti-graft agency that it creates - was passed by the Lok Sabha. But the Winter Session of the Rajya Sabha ended before the bill could be put to a vote. The Prime Minister called an all-party meeting today to build consensus before the bill ...
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Parliamentary panel tables report on Lokpal Bill in Parliament
The parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal Bill has submitted its report to Parliament. The bill establishes a new ombudsman agency, the Lokpal, that will investigate corruption among government servants. Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, who has pivoted a nationwide movement against graft, has threatened to go on a new hunger strike if the B...
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Anna writes an open letter to all MPs
As the government plans to introduce its version of the Lokpal Bill in the parliament this week, Anna Hazare has written an open letter to the MPs making an appeal to them not to allow introduction of such an 'anti-poor' Lokpal Bill. In his letter to the parliamentarians, Mr Hazare has written that there are many critical issues affecting poor peop...
