Govt issues notification on Lokpal Bill joint panel

New Delhi:  Following is the text of the Gazettee Notification issued by the government constituting the Joint Drafting Committee comprising ministers and civil society activists to prepare the draft of the Lokpal Bill:

Joint Drafting Committee shall consist of five nominee ministers of the Government of India and five nominees of Shri Anna Hazare (including himself).

The five nominee Ministers of the Government of India are as under:-
Pranab Mukherjee, Union Minister of Finance,
P Chidambaram, Union Minister of Home Affairs,

M Veerappa Moily, Union Minister of Law and Justice,
Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of Human Resource and Development and Minister of Communication and Information Technology, and
Salman Khursheed, Union Minister of Water Resources and Minister of Minority Affairs.

The five nominees of Anna Hazare (including himself) are as under:-
Anna Hazare,
Justice N Santosh Hegde,
Shanti Bhushan, Senior Advocate,
Prashant Bhushan, Advocate and
Arvind Kejriwal.

The Chairperson of the Joint Drafting Committee shall be Pranab Mukherjee.

The Co-Chairperson of the Joint Drafting Committee shall be Shanti Bhushan.

The Convenor of the Join Drafting Committee shall be M Veerappa Moily.

The Joint Drafting Committee shall commence its work forthwith and evolve its own procedure to prepare the proposed legislation.

The Joint Drafting Committee shall complete its work latest by 30th June, 2011.