When was The Lokpal movement launched?

A nation-wide anti-corruption movement was launched by activist Anna Hazare in 2011. Following this, the Lok Pal Bill was introduced in Parliament. The enactment of the law came about in 2013. In 2016, the government appointed the first Lokpal, Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose. The Lokpal is the anti-corruption ombudsman that probes complaints of graft against public servants defined under the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act of 2013. The institutions of Lokpal and Lokayukta were first proposed in 1966 by a Commission headed by Moraji Desai, former Prime Minister. A Bill was put forth eight times between 1968 and 2011, and it went through multiple changes. The Lokpal covers all categories of public servants, including the Prime Minister. Citizens can make complaints of corruption directly to the Lokpal against any government official and elected representatives.

 

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