{"id":71132,"date":"2019-03-18T14:09:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T14:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=71132"},"modified":"2019-03-18T14:09:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T14:09:22","slug":"indias-first-lokpal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/indias-first-lokpal\/","title":{"rendered":"India`s first Lokpal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Who will become the first Lokpal of India as per the Lokpal Act, 2013?<br> (a) Ajit Mohanty<br> (b) AK Sikri<br> (c) PC Ghose<br> (d) Markandey Katju<br> Answer: (c)<br> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pinaki Chandra Ghose will become the first Lokpal of India. His name was approved by the high level selection committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/li><li>The name of other members is also finalised.<\/li><li>The Committee included Chief Justice of Supreme Court Ranjan Gogoi, Speaker Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan and former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi as its members.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pinaki Chandra Ghose:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>He was appointed as judge of Calcutta High Court in 1997. <\/li><li>He later became the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and was elevated to Supreme Court in 2013.<\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li>He is currently a member of the National Human Rights Council (NHRC).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lokpal Act 2013:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This Act was passed in 2013 and provisions made to set up Lokpal at the centre and Lokayuktas in state.<\/li><li>It was setup to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.<\/li><li>This act is applied to public servants in and outside India.<\/li><li>The appointment came after Supreme Court asked the Centre to appoint Lokpal.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/former-sc-judge-pinaki-chandra-ghose-tipped-to-be-indias-first-lokpal\/article26559961.ece \">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/former-sc-judge-pinaki-chandra-ghose-tipped-to-be-indias-first-lokpal\/article26559961.ece <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prsindia.org\/sites\/default\/files\/The%20Lokpal%20and%20Lokayuktas%20Act%2C%202013.pdf\">https:\/\/www.prsindia.org\/sites\/default\/files\/The%20Lokpal%20and%20Lokayuktas%20Act%2C%202013.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Who will become the first Lokpal of India as per the Lokpal Act, 2013? (a) Ajit Mohanty (b) AK Sikri (c) PC Ghose (d) Markandey Katju Answer: (c) Related facts: Pinaki Chandra Ghose will become the first Lokpal of India. His name was approved by the high level selection committee chaired by Prime Minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":71133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[2348],"class_list":["post-71132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pers","tag-personalities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}