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*Lok Ayukta and Upa Lok Ayukta are appointed for a term of
Ans : Five years
*Lok Ayukta and Upa Lok Ayukta can resign by submitting their resignation to
Ans : the Governor
*Salaries and allowances of Lok Ayukta and Upa Lok Ayukta are - Charged from the Consolidated fund of the State
*Salary of Lok Ayukta is equal to that of the
Ans : Chief Justice of High Court
*Salary of Upa Lok Ayukta is equal to that of the
Ans : Judge of High Court
*Power to remove Lok Ayukta or Upa Lok Ayukta is vested with the
Ans : Legislative Assembly.
*The Majority needed to remove Lok Ayukta or Upa Lok Ayukta - a majority of the total membership of the House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of that House present and voting.
*Grounds on which Lok Ayukta or Upa Lok Ayukta can be removed - proved misbehavior or incapacity
*According to Kerala Lok Ayukta Act, all public servants are required to submit the statement of assets and liabilities before competent authorities regularly in an interval of - Two years
*The Information System developed for Lok Ayukta - CLAIMS (Computerised Lok Ayukta Information Management System)
*Kerala Lok Ayukta Act is a successor legislation of the Kerala Public Men’s Corruption Act, 1987-
*Lok Ayukta has to present a consolidated report annually to
Ans:The Governor
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*First Lok Ayukta of Kerala
Ans : Justice P. C Balakrishna Menon
*Second Lok Ayukta of Kerala
Ans : Justice K Sreedharan
*The present Lok Ayukta of Kerala
Ans : Justice Pius C. Kuriakose
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*The First State in India to pass the Lok Ayukta Act
Ans : Odisha(1970)[came into force only in 1983]
*The First State in India to appoint Lok Ayukta
Ans : Maharashtra (Act -1971) (Institution came into being from:
25th October 1972)
LOKPAL
*Lokpal is an anti-corruption authority constituted at the centre.
*It is modelled on the Ombudsman system in the Scandinavian countries.
*It has Jurisdiction of all members of Parliament and Govt employees in cases of corruption.
*The word ‘Lokpal’ was coined by
Ans : Dr. L.M. Singvi (1963)
*The concept of Lokpal was suggested by
Ans : Asokee Kumar Sen.
*Lokpal Bill was firstly introduced in the Loksabha by
Ans : Shanti Bhooshan in 1968.
*Lokpal bill was introduced in the parliament for Eleven times
*Lokpal consists of 9 members including chairperson. Of these 50% of members are from Judicial Background.
*It is also provided that not less than 50% of the members of the Lokpal shall be from amongst the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities and Women.
*The members of Lokpal are selected by a committee consisting of
1.Prime Minister
2.Lok Sabha Speaker
3.Opposition leader of Loksabha
4.Chief Justice of Supreme Court or Sitting Judge of Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice of India
5.An eminent jurist nominated by the president of India.
6.One eminent jurist nominated by the President on the recommendation of the chairperson and members of the selection committee.
*Lokpal’s Jurisdiction will cover all categories of Public Servants.
*First state to conduct “ArogyaAdalath" Karnataka
