NEW DELHI: A ministerial panel led by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today discussed various aspects related to the proposed anti-corruption body Lokpal.
The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh among others.
Some issues related to Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, were discussed during the meeting. The issues arising out of the report submitted by a parliamentary committee that went into Lokpal Act, were also discussed by the ministers, official sources said.
Top officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) were also present in the meeting.
Lokpal Act provides for establishment of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayuktas for the states to probe corruption complaints against public servants.
The Centre had introduced a bill to amend Lokpal Act in the Lok Sabha on December 18, 2014. It was then referred to a Parliamentary Standing Committee which submitted its report in December last year. (AGENCIES)
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