Short Note: Salient Features of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.

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Introduction The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 gave statutory form to the long-pending demand for an independent anti-corruption ombudsman at the Centre and in the States. It was passed after the India Against Corruption movement led by Anna Hazare and was based on the Second Administrative Reforms Commission’s recommendations and the ideas of Sweden’s Ombudsman and Britain’s Parliamentary Commissioner . Salient Features Two-Tier Ombudsman : Lokpal at the Union level; Lokayukta in each State (