Given below is a list of some background documents alongside links) that facilitate discussion and debate on certain aspects of the Draft Jan Lok Pal Bill.
1) A checklist for the creation of an effective anti-corruption body: Based on the UN Convention against Corruption on Anti Corruption Agencies and International Experiences
A Checklist for creation of an Anti Corruption Body
2) Possible conflict between jurisdiction of the Lok Pal (as envisaged in the Jan Lok Pal Bill) over Members of Parliament when Parliament is in session, and Article 194 of the Constitution?
ARTICLE 194- Indian Constitution
3) Comments on the Draft Jan Lok Pal Bill- By Trilochan Shastry
Comments on the Jan Lok Pal Bill- Trilochan Shastry
Comments on the Draft Jan Lok Pal Bill- By Jagdeep Chhokar
Comments (made on April 15, 2011) on the Jan Lok Pal Bill version 2.1 – Jagdeep Chhokar
Comments on the Draft Jan Lok Pal Bill- by Amitabh Mukkhopadhyay
Comments on Lok Pal Bill- Amitabh Mukkhopadhyay
Comments on the Draft Jan Lok Pal Bill- by Sukumar Muralidharan
Comments on Jan Lok Pal Bill- By Sukumar Muralidharan
Comments on the Draft Jan Lok Pal Bill- by EAS Sarma
Comments on the Jan Lok Pal Bill- E A S Sarma
Comments on the Draft Jan Lok Pal Bill- by Shailesh Gandhi
Comments on the Jan Lok Pal Bill by Shailesh Gandhi
4) Note on Independent Commission against Corruption, Hong Kong
Independent Commission Against Corruption
5) A Draft Lok Pal Bill 2010 and the Jan Lok Pal Bill- A Comparison
Draft Lok Pal Bill 2010 and the Jan Lok Pal Bill- A comparison
6) A note on an Ombudsman type institution and the Jan Lok Pal Bill
A note on Ombudsman type institutions and the Jan Lok Pal Bill
7) Note on the Lok Pal: Prepared by Parliament Research Service
PRS note on Lokpal Billy Parliament Research Service
Note on the recommendations of the National Commission for Reforms in the Working of the Constitution
Recommendations of the National Commission for Reforms in the Working of the Constitution, 2002
9) Salient features of the Government Lok Pal Bill
Salient features of the Government Lokpal Bil
10) Should investigation and prosecution functions be vested with the same agency?
Should investigation and prosecution functions be vested with one agecy- Lokpal Bill
11) Resolutions for an effective anti corruption body- Meghalaya Right to Information Movement
Resolutions for an Anti Corruption Body- Meghalaya Right to Information Movement
12) Jan Lok Pal Bill Issues for Consideration and recommendations for improvement
Lok Pal Bill- Issues for consideration and recommendations for improvement
13) Draft Minutes of the Public Consultation organized by NCPRI and Suchna Evum Rozgar ka Adhikar Abhiyaan- on the Draft Lok Pal Bill and the Draft Rajasthan Lokseva Guarantee Bill (Jaipur, 27th May 2011)
Draft Minutes- Public consultation on Draft Lok Pal Bill and the Rajasthan Lokseva Adhikar Bill- 27th May 2011 meeting (1)