JAN LOKPAL BILL

Salient features of Jan Lokpal Bill

1. Drafted by Justice Santosh Hegde, Prashant Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal, this Bill has been refined on the basis of feedback received from public on website and after series of public consultations. It has also been vetted by and is supported by Shanti Bhushan, J M Lyngdoh, Kiran Bedi, Anna Hazare etc. It was sent to the PM and all CMs on 1st December.

2. An institution called LOKPAL at the centre and LOKAYUKTA in each state will be set up

3. 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.

4. Cases against corrupt people will not linger on for years anymore: 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.

5. The loss that a corrupt person caused to the government will be recovered at the time of conviction.

6. 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.

7. So, you could approach Lokpal if your ration card or passport or voter card is not being made or if police is not registering your case or any other work is not being done in prescribed time. Lokpal will have to get it done in a month�s time. You could also report any case of corruption to Lokpal like ration being siphoned off, poor quality roads been constructed or panchayat funds being siphoned off. Lokpal will have to complete its investigations in a year, trial will be over in next one year and the guilty will go to jail within two years.

8. 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.

9. What if some officer in Lokpal becomes corrupt? The entire functioning of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the officer dismissed within two months.

10. What will happen to existing anti-corruption agencies? CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician.

Anna Hazare Jailed on 16th August. Is this the INDEPENDENCE we celebrated on the 15th??

He is demanding enactment of a strong anti-corruption law - Jan Lokpal Bill - to ensure swiftness and certainty of punishment to the corrupt.

Will his movement have any impact on the deaf  Government of India?
 
Yes, it certainly would. Because, last time when Anna sat on fast -

                 � 6 corrupt ministers in Maharashtra had to resign
                 � 400 corrupt officers were dismissed from job
                 � 2002 - Maharashtra RTI Act was passed
                 � 2006 - Central Government withdrew its proposal to amend Central RTI Act

Now Anna is fasting to demand Jan Lokpal Bill. JAN LOKPAL BILL will act as deterrent and instill fear in the minds of corrupt people.


 "At 74, Anna is not fasting for himself, he is fasting for the future of my kid. I will myself fast on 17th August for a day and ask my 5 year daughter also to skip a meal on 17th August," Rakesh, a software engineer.


What can you do?

1) Take to the streets in a peaceful and non-violent manner along with other Anna Hazare supporters in your town/city.

2) Spread the word - Use Facebook, Emails, SMSes, etc.

3) Keep yourself updated on the latest requests/appeals by Anna to the People of India and try your best to follow them.

Why Donate Blood ?

“Blood Donation”, its myths and benefits. Some of them included as follows:-

1) It doesn’t create weakness instead generates activeness and happiness is something you get free of cost after it!

2) The criteria to be able to donate blood :-

a) Age must be greater than 18

b) Weight must be more than 45 kgs

c) You should not have had certain diseases in the recent past like Dengue, Malaria, etc . These checks are done on the spot by the doctors.

d) Haemoglobin content should be more than 12 units and other factors are there which are told on the site.

3) The whole process is of 5-7 minutes including medical test and donation of blood.

4) You get a free test of various medical diseases like HIV, etc and get a medical report of it.

5) One unit of blood taken from you which contains 350ml to 450ml of blood is regained by your body within 24 hours.

6) For people who are fat – It helps reducing cholesterol 

7) Blood Donation reduced the possibility of heart diseases by 33 %.

 Many lives are lost just because of the scarcity of the blood units. India requires 9 million blood units every year and collects only 6 million!

There was no legend in their past or present, yet they seemed like they’re the real legend. How often we talk of environment? How many of us have fought the cause? How many of us switch off the lights, laptops, fans when we leave our rooms? Probably only 5 % of the total people.

“Many people have lived without love, but none without water.”

Did you know.. Delhi alone guzzles 4.5 crore litres of water for car washing! We are doing it at the cost of other humans who are facing water crisis, who have to migrate from their houses just in search of water and who die for lack of water!

So,I am here at IIT Delhi.Went through lot of programs in the orientation.There was also a presentation by NSS(National Service Scheme)representatives of our college were through one of the several clips and presentations they presentated the concern for blood donation.Nearly 5,00,000 litres of blood is required anually and we are able to get only1,30,000.That's a major concern.