Some points need to be modified about lokpal

• Section 23(1) proposes a maximum punishment of life imprisonment for corrupt public servants, while according to Chapter VI titled “Accountability of Officers of Lokpal” the punishment for a Lokpal member found guilty of corruption is just “dismissal, removal or reduction in rank.”

• This Bill also contains some provisions that could make the Lokpal a heavy-handed parallel oligarchy. For instance, Sec 7 grants to “investigating officers” and members of Lokpal the combined powers of a police officer, director of enforcement and a civil court.
• Sec 4(4), which lists out persons not eligible to become chairperson or member of the Lokpal, needs to be modified to exclude any person who is, or has been, a member, sympathiser, associate or supporter of any communal organisation or person. 

• The total estimated revenue of India for 2011-12 as projected in the last budget is Rs7,89,892 crore and 0.25 % of this is nearly 2000 crores, which the Lokpal will have access to without “any administrative or financial sanction from any government agency.” The drafters have to explain why such a huge amount of money is required for an institution, which according to Team Anna is not going to be flooded with thousands of complaints.