Jai
Jagannath,
( Jan
Lokpal bill - An
Analysis )
Indian economy has never been stripped
of its wealth so much even during Moghuls and Britishers as it has
been caused by our rulers since our Independence. Statistics says
that Indian Corruption and Public loot since independence that is worth $1.4 trillion
deposited at Swiss banks is even more than than what is deposited by
the rest of the world combined.
The present system to fight
corruption in India can be described in some points as below -
1. The Anti Corruption Branch and CBI comes under the government.
Despite having evidence, it is very difficult to convict people as
they have to take permission from the same bosses, against whom the
case has to be investigated.
2. No corrupt officer is dismissed from the job because Central
Vigilance Commission, which is supposed to dismiss corrupt officers,
is only an advisory body. Whenever it advises government to dismiss
any senior corrupt officer, its advice is never implemented.
3. No action is taken against corrupt judges because permission is
required from the Chief Justice of India to even register an FIR
against corrupt judges
4. The functioning of CBI and vigilance departments is secret and
hence it promotes corruption.
5. Weak and corrupt people are appointed as heads of these
institutions by the government.
6. Citizens face harassment in government offices. Sometimes they
are forced to pay bribes. One can only complaint to senior officers.
No action is taken on complaints because senior officers also get
their cut.
7. Nothing in law to recover ill gotten wealth. A corrupt person can
come out of jail and enjoy that money.
8. Small punishment for corruption- Punishment for corruption is
minimum 6 months and maximum 7 years.
and what Jan Lokpal Bill says -
1. An institution called LOKPAL in the centre and LOKAYUKTA in each
state will be set up. These institutions will completely independent
of the governments, just like the Supreme Court and the Election
Commission. No minister can influence their investigations.
2. Investigation in any case will have to be completed in one year.
Trial should be completed in next one year so that the corrupt
officer, or politician goes to jail in two years max.
3. The loss that a corrupt person caused to the government will be
recovered at the time of conviction.
4. 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.
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.
5. Election of Lokpal officials – What if 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The punishment would be minimum 5 years and maximum of life
imprisonment.
We Indians may not still remember Babber, Ghauri, moghuls, britishers or even
Harshad Mehta, Telgi and even A Raja, but a bit of googling "list
of scams worth in India" is enough to make our hair stand
straight. At such a cross road where
our country is vanishing into the pit of corruption, Jan Lokpal bill comes as a corruption crusher. Wish as
like Spiritual leaders ( Sadhguru jaggi vasudev, Sri Sri RaviShankar,
Swami Ramdev ji ) and Activists ( Anna Hazare, Naresh Kadyan, Arvind
Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Swami Agnivesh ) rest of the Indians step out
and support this cause. Jaya Jagannath.
Regards
Team Nilachakra
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