Title INDIAN DEMOCRACY - LOKPAL and LOKAYUKTA
Description In India the ombudsman is known as lokpal or lokayukata.The concept of constitutional ombudsman was first proposed by the then law minister Ashok Kumar Sen in parliament in the early 1960s.

The Jan Lokpal Bill, also referred to as the Citizen's Ombudsman Bill, is an anti-corruption bill drawn up by civil society activists in India seeking the appointment of a Jan Lokpal, an independent body to investigate corruption cases.

Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the institution of Lokayukta through The Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act in 1971. This was followed by similar acts being enacted by states of orissa, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka,Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Delhi.
Date-wise Events
  • Apr 05, 2011: Public support for the Jan Lokpal Bill draft started gathering steam after Anna Hazare, a Gandhian, announced that he would hold an indefinite fast from this date for the passing of the Lokpal/ Jan Lokpal bill. On this day, the National Advisory Council rejected the Lokpal bill drafted by the government
  • Apr 08, 2011: The Lokpal Bill drafting committee was officially formed on this day. It consisted of ten members, including five from the govt and five drawn from the civil society. However, the committee failed to agree on the terms of a compromise bill and the government introduced its own version of the bill in the Parliament in August 2011
  • Apr 09, 2011: Anna Hazare ended the fast on this day when the Government accepted most demands due to public pressure. Anna Hazare set a deadline, 15 August, for the passing of the bill in the Parliament, failing which he would start a hunger strike from 16 August. The fast also led to the Government of India agreeing to set up a joint Drafting Committee, which would complete its work by 30 June 2011.
  • Aug 16, 2011:   Anna Hazare was taken into preventive custody by Delhi Police. But he was released the same evening thanks to public protests. Thereafter he started the hunger strike that lasted for 12 days till Aug 28 .
  • Aug 27, 2011:  A special session of Parliament passed a resolution, agreeing on the following subjects and forwarded the bill to a related standing committee to finalise a report: •A citizen charter on the bill; •An appropriate mechanism to subject lower bureaucracy to Lokpal; The establishment of Lokayuktas (ombudsmen at state level) in states.
  • Dec 27, 2011: Lok Sabha in Parliament winter session passed the controversial Lokpal Bill under title of Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill 2011, but without constitutional status.
   
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