[HumJanenge-YG] India's Whistleblower Bill - A Comparison with International Best Practice Standards

Dear all,

In a couple of my earlier despatches I had sent out preliminary analyses of
the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the
Disclosures Bill, 2010 (Whistleblower Bill). The Government of India tabled
this Bill in Parliament in August 2010. The Department-related Standing
Committee of Parliament on Personnel, Law and Justice is currently examining
the Bill in detail.

I have attached a study of the Whistleblower Bill in the light of
international best practice standards. It is useful to compare the
Whistleblower Bill with the provisions of such laws in order to identify all
the improvements that can be made. This study compares the Indian
Whistleblower Bill with internationally recognised principles on
whistleblower protection and similar laws operational in Commonwealth and
non-Commonwealth countries.

Please feel free to circulate this study within your networks. Please send
me your comments as they will be very useful for revising the study.

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