The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013
Parliament of India
A bill to provide for the establishment of a body of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for States to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Citation	134-C of 2011
Territorial extent	India
Enacted by	Rajya Sabha
Date passed	17 December 2013
Enacted by	Lok Sabha
Date passed	18 December 2013
Date assented to	1 January 2014
Signed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Date commenced	16 January 2014
Status: In force

Legislative history
Title:	The Lokpal Bill, 2011 (Lok Sabha) The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 (Rajya Sabha)
History:	Introduced in Lok Sabha on 4 August 2011. Referred to The Parliament's Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice on 8 August 2011. Re-introduced in Lok Sabha on 22 December 2011. Passed by Lok Sabha on 27 December 2011. Introduced in Rajya Sabha on 29 December 2011. Re-introduced in Rajya Sabha on 21 May 2012. Referred to The Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on 21 May 2012. The bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 17 December 2013 and in the Lok Sabha on 18 December 2013.

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, commonly known as The Lokpal Act, is an anti-corruption Act of Indian Parliament in India which "seeks to provide for the establishment of the institution of Lokpal to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for matters connecting them".

The Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha on 22 December 2011 and was passed by the House on 27 December as The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011. It was subsequently tabled in the Rajya Sabha on 29 December. After a marathon debate that stretched until midnight of the following day, the vote failed to take place for lack of time. On 21 May 2012, it was referred to a Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha for consideration. It was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 17 December 2013 after making certain amendments to the earlier Bill and in the Lok Sabha the next day. It received assent from President Pranab Mukherjee on 1 January 2014 and came into force from 16 January.

The Bill was introduced in the parliament following massive public protests led by anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his associates. The Bill is one of the most widely discussed and debated Bills in India, both by the media and the People of India at large, in recent times. The protests were named among the "Top 10 News Stories of 2011" by the magazine Time. The bill received worldwide media coverage.

In 2011, India ranked 95th in the Corruption Perceptions Index of Transparency International. A recent survey estimated that corruption in India had cost billions of dollars and threatened to derail growth. India lost a staggering $462 billion in illicit financial flows due to tax evasion, crime and corruption post-Independence, according to a report released by Washington-based Global Financial Integrity.

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