Question

The first ‘Lokpal Bill’ was introduced in the Parliament of India in
1. 1971
2. 1967
3. 1972
4. 1968

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : 1968

The Correct Answer is 1968.

• In the early 1960s, Law Minister Ashoke Kumar Sen suggested the idea of a constitutional ombudsman in parliament. Adv. Shanti Bhushan introduced the first Jan Lokpal Bill in 1968, which was passed by the 4th Lok Sabha in 1969 but not by the Rajya Sabha.
• Dr. L.M.Singhvi invented the word "Lokpal" in 1963. In the Republic of India, a Lokpal is an anti-corruption authority or ombudsman body that serves the public interest.
• Pinaki Chandra Ghose is the new Lokpal Chairperson. The Lokpal has authority over the central government to investigate charges of corruption against its elected officials and other corruption-related matters.
• Following Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal movement in 2011, the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act was passed with amendments in parliament in 2013. Since the relevant Act of Parliament was passed in India in March of this year.
• On March 23, 2019, a committee comprised of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, and Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan appointed retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose as India's first Lokpal, with members appointed on March 27, 2019.