A Comparison of
some Available Anti-Corruption Laws in India
RTI Act, 2005
viz-à-viz
JanLokpal (CBI, CVC, CAG).
Part – II
In Part – I of this Article, it was highlighted that under section 2(j)(i) of the RTI Act, every citizen of India has been conferred with the Power to Inspect Work, Documents and Records of the entire Government of India, which literally and effectively means that every citizen has been appointed as a Vigilance Inspector over the entire Government of India, including President, PM, CJ, Governor, CM etc.
Continued Part - II
| RTI Act, 2005. | JAN LOKPAL / LOKPAL |
| ENACTED | PROPOSED BILL |
| 2. WHO IS UNDER RTI - Continued from Part I | |
| A citizen filing RTI is above the Government, and is doing so in the capacity of an Employer of the Government. | Question: JanLokpal, when enacted would be a Private Body or a Government Body? Answer: JanLokpal will be a Government Body. Explanation:. Although Lokpal may be an independent institution; It will be financed by the taxes of the citizens of India and as such, it will also be a part of the existing Government; Please Note: JanLokpal shall also be UNDER the transparency scrutiny of RTI Act, 2005. |
| 3. WHETHER, PM, PRESIDENT, CHIEF JUSTICE, CM, AND GOVERNOR ARE UNDER RTI? | |
| 3.1 YES. Complete Government, including PM, President, CJ, CM, Governor etc, are already under RTI Act, 2005. And so, the Citizen's Vigilance Commission (RTI) has jurisdiction over the complete Government. | 3.1 WHEREAS: Lokpal, a proposed vigilance commission is struggling hard and has resort to fasts & agitations for getting that jurisdiction. |
| 4. STRENGTH | |
| Unparalleled – A Vigilance Commission with strength of 121 crore people. | A Vigilance Commission with a limited strength of approximately 20, 000 people, including 11 primary members, for maintaining vigilance on Central Government. (State Governments not taken into account here) |
| 5. POWER – CORRUPTS It is Power which corrupts, a human being in an institution of Governance:A quote from 17th Century:"Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it" | |
To be Continued in Part - III .....
Best Regards,
Sunil Ahya.
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