Joint Committee Lokpal Bill

• Constant disruptions hold up Parliament, winter session in deep freeze

  With three days of a 12-day winter session gone and no work done in Parliament yet, the government today said it was considering curtailing the already short session.

• Constant disruptions hold up Parliament, winter session in deep freeze

  Three days gone and Parliament has not seen a day's work in the 12-day winter session.

• Govt agrees to disclose audio recordings of Lokpal Committee proceedings

  The government has now agreed to make public the audio recordings of the proceedings of the Joint Drafting Committee constituted to draft the Lokpal Bill.

• Jan Lokpal Bill: Second meeting of Joint Drafting Committee today

  Five Union ministers and social activist Anna Hazare's representatives will meet today to take forward the process to draft an effective legislation to combat corruption.Civil society members held rallies in several cities yesterday in support of a strong anti-corruption law as the Union ministers went through minute details of various versions of ...

• Hazare seeks interpreter from next meeting

  Unable to comprehend the deliberations in English in the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has sought an interpreter for him in the meeting.Hazare made the request for an interpreter as he found it difficult to follow closely the proceedings of the joint committee, chaired by Finance Minister Pranab Mukhe...

• Will Lokpal discussions be filmed for transparency?

  A decision to videograph the proceedings of the Joint Committee on Lokpal Bill as sought by Gandhian Anna Hazare have to be taken by the drafting panel itself, its member Union Minister Salman Khurshid said today.Responding to a question on the demand by Hazare to videograph and make public proceedings of the Committee to ensure transparency in the...

• Jan Lokpal Bill: Joint drafting committee likely to meet next week

  The newly-constituted joint drafting committee of the Jan Lokpal Bill is likely to meet next week.Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily, who is also the convenor of the joint panel, said the first meeting is tentatively slated for April 16 but it depends on the availability of the ministers. The ten-member committee comprising ministers and members o...