Political Science · Governance & Public Policy in India
UGC NET January 2017 Political Science
Which one of the following Commissions/Committees has recommended legal protection to whistle blowers?
AFirst Administrative Reforms Commission
BSecond Administrative Reforms Commission ✓ Correct
CVohra Committee
DElection Commission
Correct answer: (B) Second Administrative Reforms Commission — The body that recommended legal protection for whistleblowers is the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, so the answer is Second Administrative Reforms Commission.
Explanation
★The body that recommended legal protection for whistleblowers is the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, so the answer is Second Administrative Reforms Commission.
★The Second ARC was set up in 2005 under Veerappa Moily to reform public administration.
★In its 2007 report on ethics in governance it urged a law to shield whistleblowers from reprisals.
★Whistleblowing means an insider disclosing unlawful or unethical acts within an organisation.
★This recommendation led to the Whistle Blowers Protection Act of 2014.
★The First ARC predated this concern and the Vohra Committee studied the crime-politics nexus.
★The Election Commission supervises elections and has no role in whistleblower protection.
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