The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013
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The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, commonly known as The Lokpal Act, is an anti-corruption Act of Indian Parliament in India which "seeks to provide for the establishment of the institution of Lokpal to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain important public functionaries including the Prime Minister, cabinet ministers, members of parliament, Group A officials of the Central Government and for matters connecting them".[11]
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The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 | |
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Parliament of India | |
Citation | 01 of 2014 |
Territorial extent | India |
Passed by | Rajya Sabha |
Passed | 17 December 2013 |
Passed by | Lok Sabha |
Passed | 18 December 2013 |
Assented to | 1 January 2014 |
Signed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
Commenced | 16 January 2014 |
Status: In force |
Legislative history | |
Title: | The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 [2] |
History: | Introduced in Lok Sabha on 4 August 2011.[3] Referred to The Parliament's Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice on 8 August 2011.[4] Re-introduced in Lok Sabha on 22 December 2011.[5] Passed by Lok Sabha on 27 December 2011.[6] Introduced in Rajya Sabha on 29 December 2011.[7] Re-introduced in Rajya Sabha on 21 May 2012.[8] Referred to The Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on 21 May 2012.[9] The bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 17 December 2013 and in the Lok Sabha on 18 December 2013.[10] The bill was assented by the President on 1 January 2014.[2] |
The Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha on 22 December 2011 and was passed by the House on 27 December as The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011. It was subsequently tabled in the Rajya Sabha on 29 December. After a marathon debate that stretched until midnight of the following day, the vote failed to take place for lack of time.[12] On 21 May 2012, it was referred to a Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha for consideration. It was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 17 December 2013 after making certain amendments to the earlier Bill and in the Lok Sabha the next day.[10] It received assent from President Pranab Mukherjee on 1 January 2014 and came into force from 16 January.[13][14]
The Bill was introduced in the parliament following massive public protests led by anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his associates.[15] The Bill is one of the most widely discussed and debated Bills in India, both by the media and the People of India at large, in recent times.[16] The protests were named among the "Top 10 News Stories of 2011" by the magazine Time.[17][18] The bill received worldwide media coverage.[19][20][21]
In 2011, India ranked 95th in the Corruption Perceptions Index of Transparency International. A recent survey estimated that corruption in India had cost billions of dollars and threatened to derail growth.[22][23][24] India lost a staggering $462 billion in illicit financial flows due to tax evasion, crime and corruption post-Independence, according to a report released by Washington-based Global Financial Integrity.[25]
Retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose was appointed as the first Lokpal of India by a committee consisting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Eminent Jurist Mukul Rohatgi on 17 March 2019.[26]