All about Jan Lokpal Bill (जन लोकपाल विधेयक)

All about Jan Lokpal Bill (जन लोकपाल विधेयक)

The Jan Lokpal Bill (Hindi: जन लोकपाल विधेयक), also referred to as the citizens' ombudsman bill, is a proposed anti-corruption law in India. It was proposed by anti-corruption social activists as a more effective improvement to the original Lokpal bill which is currently being proposed by the the Government of India[1]. The prefix Jan (translation: citizens) was added to signify the fact that these improvements include inputs provided by the ordinary citizens through a activist driven non-governmental public consultation[2][3].

The Jan Lokpal Bill aims to effectively deter corruption, redress grievances of citizens and protect whistle-blowers. If made into into law, the bill seeks to create an independent ombudsman body similar to the Election Commission of India called the Lokpal (Sanskrit: protector of the people). It will be empowered to register and investigate complaints of corruption against politicians and bureaucrats without prior government approval[4]. First introduced in 1968[5], the bill has failed to become law for over four decades.[6]

In 2011, Gandhian rights activist Anna Hazare started a Satyagraha movement by commencing a fast unto death in New Delhi to demand the passing of the bill. The movement attracted attention in the media, and thousands of supporters. Following Hazare's four day hunger strike, the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated that the bill would be re-introduced in the 2011 monsoon session of the Parliament[7].

Accordingly, a committee of five Cabinet Ministers and five social activists attempted to draft a compromise bill merging both the version but failed. The Indian government went on to propose its own version in the parliament, which the activists reject on the grounds of not being sufficiently effective[8].

Background

The Lokpal bill was first introduced by Shanti Bhushan in 1968[5] and passed in the 4th Lok Sabha in 1969. But it did not get through in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. Subsequent versions were re-introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and in 2008,[9] but none of them passed.

Renewed calls for the bill arose over resentment of the major differences between the draft 2010 Lokpal Bill prepared by the government and that prepared by the members of the associated activists movement — N. Santosh Hegde, a former justice of the Supreme Court of India; Lokayukta of Karnataka; Shanti Bhushan; Arvind Kejriwal; Prashant Bhushan, a senior lawyer in the Supreme Court; and members of the India Against Corruption movement[2].

The bill's supporters consider existing laws too weak, full of contradictions and insufficiently empowered to combat corruption.[10][11] On the other hand, critics of the Jan Lokpal Bill argue that the bill attempts to supercede existing constitutional bodies and attempts to create a super-institution with sweeping powers, which can be dangerous for the future of democracy.[12]

Key features of proposed bill

Some important features of the proposed bill are:[2]

To establish a central government anti-corruption institution called Lokpal, supported by Lokayukta at the state level.

As in the case of the Supreme Court and Cabinet Secretariat, the Lokpal will be supervised by the Cabinet Secretary and the Election Commission. As a result, it will be completely independent of the government and free from ministerial influence in its investigations.

Members will be appointed by judges, Indian Administrative Service officers with a clean record, private citizens and constitutional authorities through a transparent and participatory process.

A selection committee will invite shortlisted candidates for interviews, videorecordings of which will thereafter be made public.

Every month on its website, the Lokayukta will publish a list of cases dealt with, brief details of each, their outcome and any action taken or proposed. It will also publish lists of all cases received by the Lokayukta during the previous month, cases dealt with and those which are pending.

Investigations of each case must be completed in one year. Any resulting trials should be concluded in the following year, giving a total maximum process time of two years.

Losses caused to the government by a corrupt individual will be recovered at the time of conviction.

Government officework required by a citizen that is not completed within a prescribed time period will result in Lokpal imposing financial penalties on those responsible, which will then be given as compensation to the complainant.

Complaints against any officer of Lokpal will be investigated and completed within a month and, if found to be substantive, will result in the officer being dismissed within two months.

The existing anti-corruption agencies (CVC, departmental vigilance and the anti-corruption branch of the CBI) will be merged into Lokpal which will have complete power and authority to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician.

Whistleblowers who alert the agency to potential corruption cases will also be provided with protection by it.

Rudraksha Uses

Rudraksha beads are considered to calm down the mind of the wearer and it also helps the wearer to keep his body in perfect semblance. The holistic effects and the medicinal values of Rudraksha find special mention in the Ayurveda (the divine book for health). It is also considered to have anti-bacterial properties that keep the harmful bacteria at bay. It also helps in frequent headaches, cold and cough. Paralyzed people or women, who were not able to conceive, have also reported to gain benefits after wearing the Rudraksha. If the rosary made from Rudraksha is included in chanting the specific mantra then it helps the concerned person to get rid of his sins of previous as well as the present life. The specific advantages also depend on the type of Rudraksha.

Rules for Wearing

It has been established that Rudraksha, if worn properly, can bestow the wearer with peaceful, healthy, wealthy and successful life. In fact, its intensity is considered to be far greater that that of any mantra, tantra or yantra. The wearer must take care of the following thins.
The perfect day for wearing the Rudraksha is either Monday or Thursday. Also, it must be worn after being energized (Siddhi) through the respective mantra depending on the type of Rudraksha. It must also be washed with unboiled milk and pure water of River Ganges.
One must remove the Rudraksha while going to sleep and the Rudraksha Mantraalong with theRudrakshaBeej Mantra must be chanted 9 times before wearing or removing.
One must never touch the Rudraksha before taking bath.
One must not consume non-vegetarian food items or alcohol while wearing the Rudraksha bead.
One must remove Rudraksha while going to crematorium, funeral or place where a baby has just taken birth.
One must never wear Rudraksha while having sex and women should not wear it during their menstruation cycle.

The rudraksha beads should be cleaned periodically with sacred water of River Ganges. After cleaning, oil should be applied to these beads and it must be prayed by lighting the incense sticks.
Rudraksha beads having crack near the central hole should not be worn.
If you develop rashes or other kind of allergic effects then you must not wear it.

Software Downloads Malicious: Report Microsoft

Microsoft warned that hackers use mind tricks more often than software skills to get viruses into computers. 

Feedback from globally popular Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser indicated that one of every 14 programs downloaded turned out to be malicious code, according to the US software titan. 

"Social-engineering attacks, like tricking a user into running a malicious program, are far more common than attacks on security vulnerabilities," Micrsoft SmartScreen program manager said 

"SmartScreen" technology has blocked more than 1.5 billion attempts to slip "malware" into computers since version IE8 was released in March of 2009, according to Microsoft. 

"User-downloaded malware is a huge problem and getting bigger,"

Microsoft's latest version of the browser, IE9, checks reputations of websites and their creators to let Internet users know when they are dealing with unknown characters online. 

"Most people would be cautious about buying something online from a complete stranger,

"Using reputation software helps protect users from newly released malware programs -- pretending to be legitimate software programs -- that are not yet detected by existing defense mechanisms," he added. 

Make Money by Online Surveys in India: Reliable or Just A Joke

These days people are looking to make money easy way. Some people think making money online is easier than offline. But my experience says online money making is not easy in any medium without hard work until you do something illegal.

I am effectively related to internet since 3 years and I have seen hundreds of website boasting to make money online easy way but when you go you will see they ask you money instead of let you earn.

Online money making by ad posting jobs is still in demand and many students think it is an easy way to get pocket money just two hours work daily.

But what about 20 minutes weekly? Or something very similar. Now its time for online surveys. You see any concept in India is never new if it needs any technical knowledge. You see network marketing in India is American concept. Online surveys are years old but in India it is hot and selling like Bhaji Pav.

The company Speakasiaonline is very popular in India, I checked the domain info it is one year and 3 months old (creation date: 21-jan-2010, it Alexa rank is 1800, this is is the sign how much people are interested in online surveys because you have to work just 20 minutes in a week. Amit Agrawal, our Indian blogger posted an insightful post but I do not know what happened and the post was no more on Labnol.

One thing is sure people are looking for side income and without any hard work. Concept is simple, in the world all the companies wants survey about their products before pre launch and wants opinions or how is a product working for general people. So the companies can make better products so they will pay you as much as Rs. 4000 for just 20 minutes in a week, you need computer and internet connection you can do it in any cyber cafe. To become a member in SpeakAsiaOnline you have to pay Rs. 11000. You will get paid every month Rs 4000 for next 12 months.

I believe this is not going to last longer. When you pay 11000 thousand, you would not get paid in first month. When you join many people join behind you and they all pay Rs. 11000. Just imagine if people stop sign up for this company for only four months what will happen?

No doubt many people are making good amount of income with this company but why they pay for only next 12 month if they are paying you just for surveys? Why they ask 11000 if they pay you for surveys? Why you can do only one survey in a week? Comes in to my mind, I am not a member in SAO but many of people I am familiar with have joined SpeakAsiaOnline. There is an answer for why they pay you 4000 rupees every month because people signup for this website. They can give you or me all the answer for questions by saying about costs but some answers can’t be given by a simple text or speech because we have to wait for them. If this company keeps running for next two years in India ( it’s outsider) then it can be legit or genuine.

his article is not for SpeakAsiaOnline but yesterday I listened about an other online survey site in India that is Ramsurvey. That is also getting popular, you have to pay only Rs. 3500. You pay 500 for joining and 3000 for subscribing E-Magazine. You can join this company by paying just 500 hundred but you have to upgrade it in future by paying 3000 then you will start getting surveys. For every topic they will pay you 5 reward points and every week you get two topics. So every week you get 500 for 44 weeks or nine months, this is 22000 rupees. You also get 250 for each referred member. They also pay you 500 per pair. So you get three types of income; survey income, referral income and binary income.

These survey sites are creating hype the same way it was in America.

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ISRO's rocket launched successfully

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was successfully launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on Wednesday.  The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is carrying remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 and two mini spacecraft. The launch vehicle will place in the polar sun synchronous orbit, the 1206-kg Resourcesat-2, 92-kg Youthsat and 106-kg X-sat satellites 822 km above Earth.

The mission's primary satellite, ISRO built Resourcesat-2, is an advanced remote sensing spacecraft to facilitate the study and management of natural resources.  

The Resourcesat-2 with a five year space life will also carry an additional payload from Comdev, Canada that will provide information on ship surveillance by making 14 orbits per day, ISRO said.

Youthsat, a joint Indo-Russian satellite for stellar and atmospheric studies, will study the 

 relationship between solar variability and thermosphere-ionosphere changes.The satellite with two-year life will carry two Indian and one Russian payload.

IPL Brands

Shri Ram

Today, April 12, 2011 is Ram Navami – the birthday of Sri Ram. 

Sri Ram, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, is known as Maryada Purushottam and he incarnated on the earth to annihilate Ravana and fellow demons and restore Dharma.