5. Aam Aadmi’s Party
“You Can Create A Corruption-free
India”
Founded -26 November 2012, at
Constitution Club of India
Headquarters-New Delhi ,India.
•Leader- Arvind Kejriwal.
•Around 300 founding members
7. Arvind Kejriwal -
RTI and Anti-Corruption activist: former IRS officer
He was awarded
“Ramon
Magsaysay
Award ”for
Emergent Leadership
in 2006, for
activating
India's Right to
Information movement
at grassroots .
8. Dr.Kumar Vishwas - noted Indian poet, one of the
chief strategists of the Anna Hazare fasts at
Ramlila Maidan, Rajghat and Jantar-Mantar.
10. Manish Sisodia - former news
producer at Zee News and currently
social activist
11. Prashant Bhushan - a social activist
who helps people through the
higher judicial system
12. People Behind D’Movement
• Akhil Gogoi - • Santosh Hegde -
former justice of
RTI activist
the Supreme Court
from Assam. of India, former
Solicitor General of
• Medha Patkar- India, Lokayukta
for Karnataka.
She is known for
her role
in “Narmada • Shanti Bhushan -
former Law Minister.
Bachao Andolan”
13. Agenda
o Powerful Anti Corruption Law
o Right To Reject
o Right To Recall
o Continuous Price Rising
14. Salient features of “Jan
Lokpal Bill”
An institution called
LOKPAL at the centre
and LOKAYUKTA in each state will be set
up
Like Supreme Court and Election
Commission, they will be completely
independent of the governments.
No minister or bureaucrat will be able to
influence their investigations.
15. Investigations in any case
will have to be completed in
one year.
Trial should be completed in
next one year so that
the corrupt
politician, officer or judge
is sent to jail within
two years.
16. “Jan Lokpal Bill”
The loss that a corrupt
person caused to the
government will be
recovered at the time of
conviction.
17. How will it help a common
citizen?
If any work of any citizen
is not done in prescribed time
in any government office.
Lokpal will impose financial
penalty on guilty
officers, which will be given
as compensation to the
complainant.
18. But won’t the government
appoint corrupt and weak
people as Lokpal members?
That won’t be possible
because its members will be
selected by judges, citizens
and constitutional authorities
and not by
politicians, through a
completely transparent and
participatory process.
19. What if some officer in
Lokpal becomes corrupt?
Any complaint against any
officer of Lokpal shall be
investigated and the officer
dismissed within two
months.
20. What will happen to existing
anti-corruption agencies?
Anti-corruption branch of
CBI will be merged into
Lokpal.
21. It will be the duty of
the Lokpal to provide
protection to those
who are being
victimized for raising
their voice against
corruption.
22. Lokpal And You.
Jan Lokpal Bill will improve
existing anti-corruption
systems.
23. Expected Changes.
System Proposed by civil
• Existing System
No politician ever goes society
to jail despite huge
evidence
• because Anti Corruption
Branch (ACB) and CBI • They will have power
directly come under the to initiate
government. investigations and
• Before starting prosecution against any
investigation or initiating officer or politician
prosecution in any without needing
case, they have to take anyone’s permission.
permission from the same
bosses, against whom the
case has to be
24. Existing System System Proposed by
civil society
• Lokpal and
• No corrupt officer is Lokayukta will
dismissed from the job have complete
because Central
powers to order
Vigilance
Commission, which is dismissal of a
supposed to dismiss corrupt
corrupt officers, is officer. CVC and all
only an advisory body. departmental
Whenever it advises vigilance will be
government to dismiss
merged into Lokpal
any senior corrupt
officer, its advice is and state vigilance
never implemented. will be merged into
Lokayukta.
25. Existing System System Proposed
by civil society
• Weak and • Politicians will have
corrupt people absolutely no say.
are appointed as • Selections will take
heads of anti- place through a
corruption transparent and
agencies. public participatory
process.
26. Existing System System Proposed
by civil society
• Citizens face • It Will impose a
harassment ,Sometim penalty of Rs.250
es they are forced to per day of delay
pay bribes. to be deducted
• One can only from the salary
complaint to senior of guilty officer
officers. and award that
amount as
• No action is taken on
compensation to
complaints because
the aggrieved
senior officers also
citizen.
get their cut.
27. Existing System Proposed
System by Civil society
• Nothing in law • Loss caused to
to recover the government
Money Involved. due to
corruption will
• A corrupt person
be
can come out of
recovered from
jail and enjoy
all accused.
that money.
28. Existing System System Proposed
by civil society
• Small punishment
• Enhanced
for corruption-
punishment - The
Punishment for
punishment would
corruption is
be minimum 5
minimum 6
years and
months and
maximum of life
maximum 7
imprisonment.
years.
30. List OF Scandals In India
Scandal-Indian coal mining
controversy2012
Rs.185,591.34 crore (US$35.08 billion)
Key Players- Nation Comptroller and
Auditor General of India,
the coal ministry, many electricity
boards and private companies
Summary-coal blocks allotted, not
auctioned, leading to estimated losses as
per the Comptroller and Auditor General
31. 2 G Spectrum scam
2010176,000 crore (US$33.26 billion)
Key Players- Nira Radia, A. Raja, M. K.
Kanimozhi,
Summary- Many telecommunications
companies communication bandwidth
auctioned for lower than market value.
32. Maharashtra Irrigation
Scam
– Loss of
about 72,000 crore (US$13.61
billion).
Summary- At present the matter
is under the scanner of
investigating / intelligence
agencies of India
33. IGI airport Scam
- Central government lost 166,972.35 crore
(US$31.56 billion) by undue favors to GMR-led
DIAL.
Summary-DIAL (Delhi International Airport
Limited) is a consortium of the
GMR Group (50.1%),
Fraport AG (10%),
Malaysia Airports (10%),
India Development Fund (3.9%),
and the Airports Authority of India (26%).
34. Pol Khol
Is Government encouraging hawala?
Kya Congress Mukesh Ambani ki
dukaan hai?
Is BJP in opposition? Or are BJP
leaders in bed with ruling parties?
Press release on Robert Vadra -
9th October 2012