CVC to appear on Sep 15 before House Panel for Lokpal bill

The Commission was earlier called in for making its presentation before the panel today but it has been deferred by a week. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Lokpal will now meet on September 15.

"The Commission has been asked to give its views on September 15. We will be recommending a slew of measures to avoid conflict of interest in the work allocation between CVC and proposed Lokpal," a senior official in the country's top anti-corruption body said.

The Commission, comprising Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar and two of his deputies R Srikumar and J M Garg, will appear before the House committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice.

"Among other things, the thrust of our suggestions would be that the powers of two bodies should not be made contradictory to hamper probe in corruption cases. We need certain changes in it," the official said.

The panel was formed last month to come out with a strong Lokpal bill after taking into account proposals made by Team Anna and others.