New Delhi: Taking a first step towards appointment of Lokpal, the Centre has decided to modify rules to give more powers to the search committee mandated to recommend names for appointment of chairperson and members of the anti-corruption body.
The department of personnel and Training (DoPT) is making changes in the rules on the mandate of the search committee which will be notified soon, official sources said. As per existing rules, an eight-member search committee is tasked to draw up a panel of persons for consideration by the selection committee led by the Prime Minister for appointment of chairperson and members of the Lokpal.
These persons have to be chosen from among the panel provided by the DoPT.
However, the government will now empower the search committee to include people from outside the list provided by DoPT for consideration by the selection committee, sources said.
