The Parliamentary committee examining the Lokpal Bill has got two months’ extension till September. t is the second extension given to the panel after it could not finish its work by last month end.
The 31-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, headed by Congress MP EM Sudarsana Natchiappan, is examining the Lokpal and Lokayuktas and Other Related Law (Amendment) Bill, 2014.
The amendment bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 18, last year, after which it was referred to the Committee on December 22. The report has to be submitted to Rajya Sabha Chairman Md. Hamid Ansari.
The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill provides for establishment of an anti-corruption watchdog Lokpal for the Union and Lokayuktas for the for the states to inquire into graft charges against public functionaries.