Lokpal Bill

The National Advisory Council (NAC) took a decision on February 26, 2011 to examine the Lokpal Bill by the Transparency, Accountability & Governance Working Group. The NAC Working Group on Transparency, Accountability and Governance held its first consultation with civil society groups on the Lokpal Bill under the convenership of Smt. Aruna Roy on 4th April, 2011. The meeting discussed the draft prepared by various people’s movements and groups. After exhaustive discussions, there was consensus on most of the general principles underlying the draft Bill, though some provisions need to be examined further. The NAC WG on TA & G, will finalize the principles and framework, on the basis of this discussion. Another meeting of the WG is scheduled before the National Advisory Council meets on April 28, 2011. The attendees included S/Shri/Ms: Shanti Bhushanji, Prabhat Kumar, Aruna Roy, Trilochan Sastry, Jagdeep Chhokar, Kamal Jaswal, Zaware, Santosh Hegde, Narendra Jadhav, Nikhil Dey, Shekhar Singh, Vrinda Grover, Harsh Mander, Wajahat Habibullah, Arvind Kejriwal, Swami Agnivesh, Sarvesh Sharma, Usha Ramanathan, Amitabh Mukhopadhyay, Santosh Mathew, Shanti Narain, Prashant Bhushan, Sandeep Pandey and members of the NAC Secretariat