Difference between Jan Lokpal Bill and Draft Lokpal Bill

Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's Ombudsman Bill)	Draft Lokpal Bill (2010)
Lokpal will have powers to initiate suo moto action or receive complaints of corruption from the general public.	Lokpal will have no power to initiate suo motu action or receive complaints of corruption from the general public. It can only probe complaints forwarded by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
Lokpal will have the power to initiate prosecution of anyone found guilty.	Lokpal will only be an Advisory Body with a role limited to forwarding reports to a "Competent Authority".
Lokpal will have police powers as well as the ability to register FIRs.	Lokpal will have no police powers and no ability to register an FIR or proceed with criminal investigations.
Lokpal and the anti corruption wing of the CBI will be one independent body.	The CBI and Lokpal will be unconnected.
Punishments will be a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of up to life imprisonment.	Punishment for corruption will be a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of up to 7 years.

Detailed

The following table details differences between the Government and activist backed versions

Issue	The Jan Lokpal Bill	Government's Lokpal Bill
Prime Minister	Can be investigated with permission of seven member Lokpal bench.	PM can be investigated by Lokpal after s/he vacates office.
Judiciary	Can be investigated, though high level members may be investigated only with permission of a seven member Lokpal bench.	Judiciary is exempt and will be covered by a separate "judicial accountability bill".
MPs	Can be investigated with permission of seven member Lokpal bench.	Can be investigated, but their conduct within Parliament, such as voting, cannot be investigated.
Lower bureaucracy	All public servants would be included.	Only Group A officers will be covered.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)	The CBI will be merged into the Lokpal.	The CBI will remain a separate agency.
Removal of Lokpal members and Chair	Any person can bring a complaint to the Supreme Court, who can then recommend removal of any member to the President.	Any "aggrieved party" can raise a complaint to the President, who will refer the matter to the CJI.
Removal of Lokpal staff and officers	Complaints against Lokpal staff will be handled by independent boards set-up in each state, composed of retired bureaucrats, judges, and civil society members.	Lokpal will conduct inquiries into its own behavior.
Lokayukta	Lokakyukta and other local/state anti-corruption agency would remain in place.	All state anti-corruption agencies would be closed and responsibilities taken over by centralized Lokpal.
Whistleblower protection	Whistleblowers are protected law.	No protection granted to whistleblowers.
Punishment for corruption	Lokpal can either directly impose penalties, or refer the matter to the courts. Penalties can include removal from office, imprisonment, and recovery of assets from those who benefited from the corruption.	Lokpal can only refer matters to the courts, not take any direct punitive actions. Penalties remain equivalent to those in current law.
Investigatory powers	Lokpal can obtain wiretaps, issue rogatory letters, and recruit investigating officers. Cannot issue contempt orders.	Lokpal can issue contempt orders, and has the ability to punish those in contempt. No authority to obtain wiretaps, issue rogatory letters, or recruit investigating officers.
False, frivolous and vexatious complaints	Lokpal can issue fines for frivolous complaints (including frivolous complaints against Lokpal itself), with a maximum penalty of 1 lakh.	Court system will handle matters of frivolous complaints. Courts can issue fines of Rs25,000 to 2 lakh.
NGOs	NGOs not within the scope due to their role in exposing corruption.	NGOs are within the scope and can be investigated.
Scope	All corruption can be investigated.	Only high-level corruption can be investigated.

Courtesy: Wikipedia

Singapore - An example of lokpal

In 1982, In Singapore, LOKPAL BILL was implemented and 142 Corrupt ministers & Officers were arrested in one single day..

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Existing System	System Proposed by civil society
No politician or senior officer ever goes to jail despite huge evidence because Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) and CBI directly come under the government. Before starting investigation or prosecution in any case, they have to take permission from the same bosses, against whom the case has to be investigated.	Lokpal at centre and Lokayukta at state level will be independent bodies. ACB and CBI will be merged into these bodies. They will have power to initiate investigations and prosecution against any officer or politician without needing anyone’s permission. Investigation should be completed within 1 year and trial to get over in next 1 year. Within two years, the corrupt should go to jail.
No corrupt officer is dismissed from the job because Central Vigilance Commission, which is supposed to dismiss corrupt officers, is only an advisory body. Whenever it advises government to dismiss any senior corrupt officer, its advice is never implemented.	Lokpal and Lokayukta will have complete powers to order dismissal of a corrupt officer. CVC and all departmental vigilance will be merged into Lokpal and state vigilance will be merged into Lokayukta.
No action is taken against corrupt judges because permission is required from the Chief Justice of India to even register an FIR against corrupt judges.	Lokpal & Lokayukta shall have powers to investigate and prosecute any judge without needing anyone’s permission.
Nowhere to go - People expose corruption but no action is taken on their complaints.	Lokpal & Lokayukta will have to enquire into and hear every complaint.
There is so much corruption within CBI and vigilance departments. Their functioning is so secret that it encourages corruption within these agencies.	All investigations in Lokpal & Lokayukta shall be transparent. After completion of investigation, all case records shall be open to public.  Complaint against any staff of Lokpal & Lokayukta shall be enquired and punishment announced within two months.
Weak and corrupt people are appointed as heads of anti-corruption agencies.	Politicians will have absolutely no say in selections of Chairperson and members of Lokpal & Lokayukta. Selections will take place through a transparent and public participatory process.
Citizens face harassment in government offices. Sometimes they are forced to pay bribes. One can only complaint to senior officers. No action is taken on complaints because senior officers also get their cut.	Lokpal & Lokayukta will get public grievances resolved in time bound manner, impose a penalty of Rs 250 per day of delay to be deducted from the salary of guilty officer and award that amount as compensation to the aggrieved citizen.
Nothing in law to recover ill gotten wealth. A corrupt person can come out of jail and enjoy that money.	Loss caused to the government due to corruption will be recovered from all accused.
Small punishment for corruption- Punishment for corruption is minimum 6 months and maximum 7 years.	Enhanced punishment - The punishment would be minimum 5 years and maximum of life imprisonment.

Dear All,   Please go through the details carefully & try to be part of this mission against corruption. Things to know about Anna Hazare and Lok pal Bill-:     1.Who is Anna Hazare?                                                                               An ex-army man(Unmarried). Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War.                                                                                                                                                             2.What's so special about him?                                                                       He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district, Maharashtra                                                                                                                                 3.This village is a self-sustained model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from     solar power, biofuel and wind mills. In 1975, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one   of the richest village in India. It has become a model for self-sustained, eco-friendly &           harmonic village.                                                                                                                                                                                       4.This guy, Anna Hazare was awarded Padma Bhushan and is a known figure for his social               activities.                                                                                           5.He is supporting a cause, the amendment of a law to curb corruption in India.                                                                                                                         6. How that can be possible?                                                                         He is advocating for a Bill, The Lok Pal Bill (The Citizen Ombudsman Bill), that will form an       autonomous authority who will make politicians (ministers), bureaucrats (IAS/IPS) accountable for   their deeds.                                                                                          7. It's an entirely new thing right..?                                                               In 1972, the bill was proposed by then Law minister Mr. Shanti Bhushan. Since then it has been       neglected by the politicians and some are trying to change the bill to suit their theft             (corruption).                                                                                       8. Oh.. He is going on a hunger strike for that whole thing of passing a Bill ! How can that be     possible in such a short span of time?                                                               The first thing he is asking for is: the govt should come forward and announce that the bill is     going to be passed.                                                                                 Next, they make a joint committee to DRAFT the LOK PAL BILL. 50% government participation and 50%   public participation. Bcoz u can't trust the govt entirely for making such a bill which does not       suit them.                                                                                           9.What will happen when this bill is passed?                                                         A LokPal will be appointed at the centre. He will have an autonomous charge, say like the Election   Commission of India. In each and every state, Lokayukta will be appointed. The job is to bring all     alleged party to trial in case of corruptions within 1 year. Within 2 years, the guilty will be     punished.                                                                                           Pass this on n show ur support..                                                                   Spread it like   fire; Our Nation needs us... Please Contribute...

Converting Word Documents to Excel

One item I've learned from using computers is that there is usually more than one way to solve a problem. This week two people approached me with a similar problem. They were trying to get a simple, but long address list from Microsoft Word into Microsoft Excel. One tried to use macros and the other resorted to cut and paste. In each case, I thought a simpler solution involved Word's Search and Replace feature. Here's Part 1 of a two part tutorial.

Each user was starting with a list of names and addresses that were in Microsoft Word. I suspect they were some sort of address directory or contact list. For various reasons, they needed to get the data into Microsoft Excel. They wanted one row for each record. The address record looked similar to the records below.

James Madison
124 Main St
Anytown, NY 12345

Paula Harris
356 Longtree View
Harper, MA 01073

Before starting, review your list and look for common denominators and possible exceptions. In these cases, the records were uniform with each one consisting of three lines with a blank line in between.

Creating the Record Delimiter

The first step in this process is to add a record delimiter. This is the item Excel will look for to separate each row.

1. Copy the text you wish to convert and paste it to a new document.

2. Turn on Paragraph marks using the Standard toolbar button or Ctrl+Shift+*

Notice how two paragraph marks exist between each record. If your last record doesn't show tow, you might want to add a line at the end. We'll substitute a unique character as a record delimiter. I like to use the tilde ~ sign, but you can use any uncommon character. Be careful not to use a character that appears in your list.

3. Go to the top of your document. (Ctrl+Home)

4. From the Edit menu, select Find…

5. Click the Replace tab

6. Click the More button at the bottom. Your dialog will now show additional options.

7. Click the Special button.

8. Select Paragraph Mark from the pop up menu. Repeat this step.

9. Enter in the symbol you wish to use for your record delimiter such as a tilde.

Your Find and Replace dialog should look similar to the one below.



10. Click Replace All.

11. Click Close.

Microsoft Word will give you a count of how many replacements it made. Don't worry that your formatting looks off and various lines look combined.

Defining the Fields

The next part is to define our fields which will be placed in Excel columns. Each record had 3 lines which represented: Name, Address and City, ST and Zip. In this example, we're going use a comma to separate these fields. We can parse the names and state in Excel later.

1. Go to the top of your document.

2. From the Edit menu, select Replace.

3. Your Find and Replace dialog will have your previous values. Remove one of the paragraph marks sets in the Find what: textbox.

4. In the Replace with: textbox, clear out the tilde and enter a comma.

5. Click Replace All

6. Click Close.

Breaking Apart the Records

Your document probably looks worse, but don't worry as to create you often need to destroy. Part of this may be word wrap and part of it is our formatting. The next steps will put it into perspective.

1. Go to the top of your document

2. From the Edit menu, select Replace.

3. Your Find and Replace dialog will have your previous values. Remove the paragraph mark in the Find what: textbox and type in a tilde.

4. In the Replace with: textbox, clear out the tilde

5. Click Special

6. Select Paragraph Marks from the pop up menu

7. Click Replace All

8. Click Close.

If you have extra commas or paragraph marks on the last line, you can delete them. If you're really fastidious and don't like the space before the State, you can do another search and replace. Personally, I would do this in Excel with ASAP Utilities which is a free add on.

Saving the File

Your document should now have 1 record per line with the fields separated by a comma and ending with a paragraph mark. There will not be a comma between state and zip code.

1. From the File menu, select Save As

2. In the Save As dialog, enter your file name

3. In the Save as type: drop down menu, select Plain Text.

4. Word may display a File Conversion dialog with a warning that all formatting will be lost. Don't worry and click OK to accept the default values.

Pulling the File into Excel

The last part is to import our Microsoft Word text file into Excel.

1. Open Excel

2. From the File menu, select Open

3. In the Open dialog, change the Files of Type: entry to Text Files

4. Point to your .txt file.

5. Click Open

6. The Text Import Wizard should start. Keep the default values and click Next.

7. In Step 2, change your Delimiter from Tab to Comma. The screen should adjust to show the fields in columns.

8. In Step 3, you can change the data format for each column or click Finish to accept General format.

Final Tweaks

Chances are you will want to do some minor tweaking. As example, you probably want to add column labels. Also, if you have US addresses, you may want to split the last column that has the State and Zip code combined. You may also want to split the name column into first and last names. In our example, this is easy as a space separates the first and last name or the state and zip code.

To parse a column into multiple columns,

1. Highlight your column

2. From the Data menu, select Text to Columns…

3. Click the Next button on the Convert Text to Columns Wizard

4. In the Delimiters box for Step 2, select Space

5. Click Next

6. Define your data format.

(Note: For zip codes, you may want to change the data format to Text if you have zip codes starting with “0”.)

While these steps may not work exactly for your list, they should provide the basis for creating the records in Microsoft Word. Your list may be slightly different or include additional items such as email addresses. Either way, you could use similar steps to create a document that Microsoft Excel can interpret. In Part 2, we will use tables to accomplish a similar result.

Find Your Lost Mobiles

Got a chain mail from my friend today on getting the lost handset back. Its really amazing. Now a days there is every chance of losing a cell phone, and never getting it back. There are various reasons for it. The most important reason is, till we lose we never think of losing and getting it back. Each mobile carries a unique IMEI i.e. International Mobile Equipment Identity No which can be used to track your mobile anywhere in the world. If you have this number sent to the Cyber Crime Division of Police, most likely it will be tracked and phone returned to you?

This is how it works

1. Dial *#06# from your mobile.

2. Your mobile shows a unique 15 digit. This is IMEI No. of your hand set.

3. Note down this no anywhere but except your mobile as this is the no. which will help to trace your mobile in case of a theft.

4. Once stolen you just have to mail this 15 digit IMEI no. to: cop@vsnl.net

5. No need to go to police.

6. Your Mobile will be traced within next 24 hrs via a complex system of GPRS and internet.

7. You will find where your hand set is being operated even in case your no is being changed.

 

If u lost your mobile, send an e-mail to cop@vsnl.net with the following info.

Your name:
Address:
Phone model:
Make:
Last used No.:
E-mail for communication:
Missed date:
IMEI No:

Please Note : This information is valid only for India. For other countries procedure should be similar but the reporting email will differ.

Skype Problem, Over Wireless Connections

Wireless zero configuration is a service offered by Windows XP to simplify wireless network management and guarantee that your PC has the fastest possible connection. Periodically (about one minute interval) it resets the connection and searches for a higher speed connection. This may cause your Skype connection to drop.

 

This service is required to establish wireless connection, but it can be stopped subsequently. The service can be started or stopped via the Windows service management screen or Windows commands.

 

Windows service management screen: Right click on "My Computer" on your desktop, select "Manage" >> "Services and Applications" >> "Services". Double click on the entry "Wireless Zero Configuration" and you can start or stop the service.

 

Commands: The following two commands can be used to start or stop the service:

net stop wzcsvc

net start wscsvc

 

You can enter these commands by going to "Start" >> "Run"; or you can create a short cut for each command.

 

To create the short cut, start Windows Explorer, locate and right click C:\WINDOWS\system32\net.exe; select "Send To" >> "Desktop." This would create an icon on your desktop. Right click on the icon and select "Properties". Under "General" tab, change the name to "Stop WZC"; under "Shortcut" tab, append " stop wzcsvc" (yes, there is a space before "stop") to the "Target" field. Set up the "Start WZC" shortcut in a similar fashion.

 

You can also put the "Stop WZC" shortcut in the startup folder so it would stop automatically for you.

 

Remember to restart the service if you have to reset the wireless connection.

Tips to Write the Perfect Technology Resume

1. Choose a clean layout

2. Choose a readable font such as Helvetica, Calibri or Tahoma (avoid Times New Roman!)

3. Your resume should be no more than 2-3 pages long

4. Most recent work experience first

5. Do not just iterate your duties and responsibilities. Write about your achievement in each position you held. For example, “Reduced software defects by 25%”.

6. Put your name and title in a big bold font

7. List core skills on the first page (only the key skills, all other skills can be listed in the last page)

8. Assume that your resume will be faxed and scanned several times so please use a fairly large font size

9. Keep it short and concise

10. Start off with a few points highlighting your skills and achievements

11. Include hobbies and interests. Gives you an opportunity to talk about them at the interview, a chance to break the ice.

12. Use a skill table in the last page. Specify Skill, Skill Level & Last Used. For example, “Java | Expert | 2009”.

13. Name the resume file with your name, so that the people can easily indentify the document (example, David_Smith_Resume.doc).

14. Send resume in Word and PDF formats

15. No grammar or spelling mistakes

16. Add a cover letter to provide more information on why you are seeking this position

17. If you are a fresh graduate attach university grades (only if you have good grades )

18. Whatever you put in your resume, make sure that you can talk about them confidently at the interview

19. Use strong active verbs. For example, “developed the HR system” is better than “assisted in the development of HR system”.

20. Don’t feel obliged to mention everything you have done in the past. Doing this can overcrowd your resume and bury important points.

21. Leave a lot of white space, managers and interviewers will like to use this space for scribing.

22. Your work experience can be topical (by areas of expertise) or in reverse chronological order

23. Mention technology used with each position held. Employers are looking to find out when and where you used a given technology.

24. Make sure that your resume does not lose any formatting when the content is cut and copied into a text file. Many recruitment agencies cut and copy your resume into a database. If your resume has a fancy format, when you cut and paste, some content may get displaced.

25. Do not use the word “Resume” or “Curriculum Vitae” as the title of your document. It is obvious.

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