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Existing
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System
Proposed by civil society |
No politician or
senior officer ever goes to jail despite huge
evidence because Anti Corruption Branch (ACB)
and CBI directly come under the government. Before
starting investigation or initiating prosecution in any
case, they have to take permission from the same bosses,
against whom the case has to be investigated.
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Lokpal at centre
and Lokayukta at state level will be independent bodies.
ACB and CBI will be merged into these bodies. They will
have power to initiate investigations and prosecution
against any officer or politician without needing
anyoneⳠpermission. Investigation should be completed
within 1 year and trial to get over in next 1 year.
Within two years, the corrupt should go to jail.
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No corrupt
officer is dismissed from the job because
Central Vigilance Commission, which is supposed to dismiss
corrupt officers, is only an advisory body. Whenever it
advises government to dismiss any senior corrupt officer,
its advice is never implemented.
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Lokpal and
Lokayukta will have complete powers to order dismissal
of a corrupt officer. CVC and all departmental
vigilance will be merged into Lokpal and state vigilance
will be merged into Lokayukta.
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No action is
taken against corrupt judges because permission
is required from the Chief Justice of India to even
register an FIR against corrupt judges.
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Lokpal &
Lokayukta shall have powers to investigate and
prosecute any judge without needing anyoneⳠpermission.
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Nowhere to
go - People expose corruption but no action is
taken on their complaints.
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Lokpal &
Lokayukta will have to enquire into and hear every
complaint.
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There is so much
corruption within CBI and vigilance
departments. Their functioning is so secret
that it encourages corruption within these agencies.
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All
investigations in Lokpal & Lokayukta shall be
transparent. After completion of
investigation, all case records shall be open to public.
Complaint against any staff of Lokpal & Lokayukta
shall be enquired and punishment announced within two
months.
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Weak and corrupt
people are appointed as heads of
anti-corruption agencies.
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Politicians will
have absolutely no say in selections of Chairperson and members of
Lokpal & Lokayukta. Selections will take place through
a transparent and public participatory process.
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Citizens face
harassment in government offices. Sometimes
they are forced to pay bribes. One can only complaint to
senior officers. No action is taken on complaints because
senior officers also get their cut.
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Lokpal &
Lokayukta will get public grievances resolved in time
bound manner, impose a penalty of Rs 250 per day of
delay to be deducted from the salary of guilty officer and
award that amount as compensation to the aggrieved
citizen.
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Nothing in law
to recover ill gotten wealth. A corrupt person
can come out of jail and enjoy that money.
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Loss caused
to the
government due to corruption will be recovered from
all accused.
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Small punishment
for corruption- Punishment for corruption is
minimum 6 months and maximum 7 years.
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Enhanced
punishment - The punishment would be
minimum 5 years and maximum of life imprisonment.
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