Framing an Alternative Approach to the Jan Lokpal
The National Campaign for Peoples' Right to Information (NCPRI) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) are organizing a public talk on "Framing an Alternative Approach to the Jan Lokpal" on Friday, August 5, 2011 at CIS, Bangalore. Shankar Singh, Nikhil Dey and Aruna Roy of MKSS and NCPRI will be speaking.
The drafts of both the Lokpal as well as the Jan Lokpal bill have been criticised extensively on multiple grounds, including that of lack of accountability and concentration of power in a singular body. This public talk seeks to provide a framework for an alternative conception of the Jan Lokpal that takes a multi-pronged approach to tackling corruption by moving towards concurrent anti-corruption and grievance redress measures.
Speakers
Shankar Singh, Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) and the National Campaign for Peoples' Right to Information (NCPRI)
Date and Time
Friday, August 5, 2011
18:00-19:30
Venue
Centre for Internet and Society
(next to Domlur Club and close to TERI)
194, 2-C Cross,
Domlur Stage II,
Bangalore
Map: http://goo.gl/2UV5J
Background Reading
- Nikhil Dey & Ruchi Gupta, Putting the "Jan" in Lokpal Bill
- Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey, Make Sure the Cure Isn't Worse than the Disease
- Aruna Roy & Rakshita Swamy, Lokpal Must Lead by Example
- NCPRI, Draft Concept Notes from Public Consultations on Collective and Concurrent Lokpal Anti-Corruption and Grievance Redress Measures
- NCPRI, Background Documents on Jan Lok Pal Bill
== Contact ==
For more information, please contact:
Rakshita Swamy <rakshitaswamy at gmail dot com>, or
Pranesh Prakash <pranesh at cis-india dot org>
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from 12:30 PM to 02:00 PM
