New Delhi: Lokpal Bill has been finally passed by Rajya Sabha today.
This bill provides for creation of an anti-corruption ombudsman.
The most prominent of the group of anti-graft bills on the anvil, the Lokpal bill establishes a Lokpal at the central level and asks states to establish Lokayuktas in a year's time from the date of notification of the law.
The format of the Lokayukta will be left to the state assemblies to decide.
The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha at the fag end of the winter session of 2011, but not by the Rajya Sabha, where it was debated but the house was adjourned before voting on it.
A select committee of the Rajya Sabha suggested changes in the bill which were incorporated and approved by the union cabinet.
