New Delhi: As it finalises the Lokpal Bill for moving it in Parliament next week, government is open to many suggestions made at the all-party meet, including bringing PM under the purview of the ombudsman with certain safeguards and 50 per cent quota for SCs, STs and others.
The bill, which is being given final touches, is expected to be taken up by the Cabinet at its meeting on Monday after which the government plans to move it in Parliament next week before the end of the session on December 22, sources said.
Considering the sensitivity of the legislation, fine-tuning is being done by an informal group of ministers including Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Law Minister Salman Khurshid and MoS Personnel V Narayanasamy.
While the bill will see incorporation of recommendations made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee which examined it, the government on Friday made it clear that it was open to other ideas that emanated at the all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday.
These include bringing the Prime Minister under the purview of the ombudsman with certain conditions and providing 50 per cent reservation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs, minorities and women.
The demand for reservation was made by almost all the parties, except BJP, at Wednesday's meeting, the sources said.
With regard to demand for inclusion of Group 'C' employees, the sources said discussions are underway to create an "appropriate mechanism" for this.
One of the suggestions in this regard is placing them under the purview of the CVC who would be asked to report the progress on anti-corruption cases to Lokpal.
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