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Transparency International India
Functioning of Lokayuktas – Key Issues
1. LokAyuktas in most states are just for the name sake
2. Many LokAyuktas do not act on many corruption charges that are unearthed almost every week
3. LokAyuktas in some states are themselves corrupt
4. Many states don’t even have LokAyuktas till now
5. The working of the LokAyuktas is non-transparent
6. Approaching the LokAyukta is a very difficult and time consuming task
7. They don’t even respond to most of the complaints from the citizens
8. LokAyuktas are scared of bringing the corrupt heavyweights to limelight
9. Citizens are not sure who are the working level contact persons to interact with
10. LokAyuktas take a very long time in giving judgements. more