Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : 2014
The correct answer is 2014.
- The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act received the assent of the President in 2014.
- Lokayukta is an anti-corruption ombudsman organization in the Indian states.
- Lokpal is an anti-corruption authority constituted at the centre.
- The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act was passed in 2013 with amendments in parliament.
- It was introduced in the Parliament following the Jan Lokpal movement led by Anna Hazare in 2011.
- It was passed by Rajya Sabha on 17th December 2013.
- It was passed by Lok Sabha on 18th December 2013.
- The act received the assent of the President on the 1st of January 2014.
- The Act came into force on 16th January 2014.
- The First Chairperson of the Lokpal is Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose.
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