Lokpal In Cabinet

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  Punjab Clears Lokayukta Bill To Stop Misuse Of Anti-Corruption Watchdog

  The state cabinet on Monday cleared the draft Punjab Lokayukta Bill that allows prosecution of MLAs, including the Chief Minister, if two-thirds of the assembly approves. The bill to be introduced in the current Budget session seeks to replace the Punjab Lokpal Act, 1996 and will cover all public functionaries.

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  Top Cabinet Ministers Hold Consultations On Lokpal

  Top ministers in the Modi government, including Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley discussed issues related to operationalisation of proposed anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal yesterday.

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  Arvind Kejriwal Feels 'Nostalgic' After Clearing Jan Lokpal Bill

  A day after the Delhi Cabinet cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recounted his days with 'Team Anna' when he had burnt copies of the UPA government's draft Lokpal, terming it "jokepal".

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  Delhi Cabinet Clears Lokpal Bill, Could be Tabled in Assembly Next Week

  After a day of row in the assembly and out, the Delhi cabinet cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill this evening. The bill could be tabled in the assembly next week, sources said.

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  Delhi Assembly Winter Session Begins Today

  The Winter Session of Delhi Assembly is set to begin today for which the state government has lined up six Bills even as opposition BJP said it will try to corner the ruling AAP in the House over various issues, including the demand for introduction of the Jan Lokpal Bill.

• President's Rule imposed in Delhi after Arvind Kejriwal's resignation

  Delhi came under a spell of President's Rule today, some 60 hours after Arvind Kejriwal resigned from the chief minister's post after the BJP and the Congress foiled his plans to introduce the anti-graft Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly.

• Arvind Kejriwal targets top leaders in 'India's most corrupt' list

  Arvind Kejriwal's cabinet will today discuss a proposed anti-graft law that seeks to punish corruption with a maximum sentence of life in jail.

• Delhi: Jan Lokpal Bill almost ready, says Arvind Kejriwal

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that his office has been kept under the purview of Jan Lokpal Bill, whose broad contours have been finalised, and will be taken up in the cabinet early next week.

• Anna Hazare slams 'toothless' Lokpal: Highlights

  The much-awaited Lokpal Bill, intended as the antidote to systemic corruption, was cleared by the cabinet on Thursday. It will now be presented in the Rajya Sabha. Once it is cleared there, it will move to the Lok Sabha. However, Anna Hazare has slammed it and called it 'toothless'. Here are highlights of what Mr Hazare said:

• Lokpal Bill, cleared by cabinet, slammed by Anna Hazare, BJP

  The much-awaited Lokpal Bill, intended as the antidote to systemic corruption, was cleared by the cabinet on Thursday. It will now be presented in the Rajya Sabha. Once it is cleared there, it will move to the Lok Sabha.

• Highlights: CBI must be independent, says BJP on Lokpal amendments

  The Union Cabinet has given its go ahead to a number of amendments to the Lokpal Bill after the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha submitted its report. The bill is now set to be placed before the Rajya Sabha in the Budget Session of Parliament.

• Key changes in Lokpal bill may get Cabinet approval today

  The Union Cabinet is meeting today to discuss and approve key amendments to the anti-corruption Lokpal bill. The amendments have been proposed by the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha, where the bill has been pending since last year.

• Cabinet approves amendments to Lokpal Bill

  The government today gave approval to some official amendments to the Lokpal Bill moved in the Rajya Sabha earlier this year.

• Cabinet likely to approve amendments to Lokpall Bill on Thursday

  The Cabinet is likely to consider giving post-facto approval to official amendments - including the one on delinking the formation of Lokayukta in states from the central bill - to the much-debated Lokpal Bill, on Thursday.

• Government to dilute Whistleblowers bill: Sources

  The bill, which seeks to set up a mechanism to encourage people to disclose information on corruption or willful misuse of power by public servants, including Ministers, was one of those passed by the Lok Sabha along with the Lokpal Bill last December in an extended Winter Session of Parliament. And like the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, has been stuck i...