Who? Why? How? Where? and the LokpalBill Stint

1. Anna Hazare Presented By: Hina Bhatia JatinBatra HarlinKaur SharalNorden

2. KisanBaburaoHazare. Born on 15th June, 1937 in Bhingar. An Indian Social Activist and a Prominent Leader in the 2011 Indian Anti-Corruption Movement. Who Is Anna Hazare ?

3. RaleganSiddhi, a village in ParnerTaluka of Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra. Awarded PadmaBhushan by the Government of India, 1992 Why is he so famous ?

4. 1963 Anna Hazare started his Career as a driver in the Indian Army Anna Hazare: The History

5. 1963 – 1978, a 15 year long career. A time of confusion. Contemplated Suicide. Influenced by Swami Vivekananda, Gandhi and VinodBhave 1965: Indo-Pakistan War (posted at border Khem Karan Sector) An Experience that changed his life forever. Military Career

6. Completed 48 Nalabunding work, contour trenches, staggered trenches, gully plugs, meadows development. Afforestation of 500 Acre land. Constructed 5 RCC weirs & 16 Gabion weirs. Increase in ground level water. Post Retirement: Mission RaleganSiddhi

7. Improved cropping pattern according to the quality of the soil. Led to increase in water table, by making water available for 1500 acres. Improvement in crop yield, village becomes self-sufficient. Mission RaleganSiddhi (contd.)

8. Prohibition of Alcohol. Started a Grain Bank, 1980. Improvement of Milk production. Removal of Untouchability. Other Achievements at Ralegan

9. Anti-Corruption Movement in Maharahtra. 1991 – Initiated BhrashtacharVirodhi Jan Andolan Anna Hazare: Activism

10. 6 Ministers were forced to resign. More than 400 officers from different government were suspended. BhrastacharVirodh Jan Andoloan

11. 1997 - Campaign for Right to Information Act 2003 – President of India signed the draft of the Right to Information Act Anna Hazare: Activism (contd.)

12. Anna Hazare: The Biggest Stand

13. Year 2011 Mr. Hazare initiated a Satyagraha for passing a stronger anti-corruption bill ,conceived as Jan Lokpal Bill India Against Corruption

14. Drafted by: N. SantoshHegde – Former Justice of Supreme Court of India and Lokayukta of Karnataka PrashantBhushan – Senior Lawyer in the Supreme court ArvindKejriwal – A Social Activist Jan Lokpal Bill

15. Let’s understand JAN LOKPAL BILL Institution of Jan Lokpal at central govt level Jan Lokayukta in each state Correspondingly Jan Lokpal to accept corruption complaints against Central govtdept and Jan Lokayukta against state govt dept Each will have 10 members and 1 chairperson

16. Let’s understand JAN LOKPAL BILL Will be completely Independent Politicians and bureaucrats will not able to interfere in their functioning Will get whatever financial resources they require and will be empowered to select and employ any number of employees from within the government or outside.

17. How will it tackle CORRUPTION?

25. Corruption at Low Levels If Charter is not followed, then people can complain to the Head of that department who will be designated as the Public Grievance Officer (PGO) PGO will redress the complaint within 30 days maximum

26. Corruption at Low Levels If PGO doesn’t satisfy the complainant, then a complaint can be made to the Vigilance officer of Jan Lokpal and Jan Lokayukta. When a complaint is made to Jan Lokpal or Jan Lokayukta, it will be deemed to have corruption angle.

27. Corruption at Low Levels The Vigilance Officer will have to Solve the grievance in 30 days Impose penalty on the guilty officers which will be given to the Complainant as compensation Start investigations of corruption against guilty officers

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33. How Did Anna Hazare Make the difference?

34. TimeLine of Protests

35. Timeline of Protests (cont.)

36. Criticism of Lokpal Bill

37. PratapBhanu Mehta, writes, that the bill “is premised on an institutional imagination that is at best Naïve; at worst subversive of representative democracy” Naïve Approach

38. KapilSibal “it will lack accountability, be oppressive and undemocratic.”

39. Including Prime Minister of India and higher Judiciary under Lokpal Justice Verma, Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, “this would foul the basic structure of the constitution” Scope of Lokpal Bill

40. Vesting jurisdiction in a single institution, and too much work will make it difficult to carry out tasks. Aruna Roy

41. Maoists and Jan Lokpal Bill seek a single goal – Overthrowing of Indian Government. Anna Hazare maybe Gandhian, his demands are not Gandhiji’s idea was Decentralization of Power. Arundhati Roy

42. Support of Lokpal Bill

43. India Against Corruption conducted a referendum on the Draft of Lokpal Bill. 85% of the people participating in the referendum voted against the Government Version of Lokpal Bill. Surveys

44. Several MPs have come out in support of the Lokpal Bill. Legislator Support

45. Anna Hazare’s fast mobilized support of thousands in the virtual world Social Media

46. According to Surveys conducted by STAR NEWS and NEILSEN – 87% of 8900 respondents supported Lokpal Bill. Over a Million of People joined Times of India Online anti-graft Campaign Online Surveys

47. What Anna Hazare is wanting to Achieve ?

48. Does The Fight Ends Here?