ANNA HAZARE
Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare born 15 January 1940, popularly known as Anna Hazare, is an Indian social activist who is especially recognized for his contribution to the development of Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India and his efforts for establishing it as a model village, for which he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the government of India in 1992.On April 5, 2011, Hazare started a ‘fast unto death’ to exert pressure on the government of India to enact a strong anti-corruption act as envisaged in the Jan Lokpal Bill, a law that will establish a Lokpal that will have the power to deal with corruption in public offices. The fast led to nation wide protests in support of Hazare. The fast ended on 9 April 2011, the day after all of Harare’s demands were agreed by the government of India and the government issued a gazette notification on the formation of a joint committee of government and civil society representatives to draft an effective Lokpal Bill.
New Delhi, Friday, April 08, 2011 Pranab Mukherjee today appealed to Anna Hazare to end his hunger strike, which entered the fourth day, and join the informal committee to make an effective Lokpal Bill.
Government and Anna Hazare kept the communication going on contentious issues concerning Lokpal bill on the fourth day of the fast of the social activist.
Both the sides have shown flexibility on the two key issues.
The government said it favoured the senior most minister to heard the joint drafting committee and if not, it will be represented by officials.
On the issue of notification, Anna Hazare suggested the alternative of an official order outlining the details of the committee.
Septuagenarian Hazare’s demands for a bill that gives an independent ombudsman police-like powers to prosecute ministers, bureaucrats and judges had tapped into widespread anger over a spate of graft scandals that have tarnished the country’s image and weakened the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra award by the Government of India on November 19, 1986 from the hands of Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi.
- 1989 – Krishi Bhushana award by the Government of Maharashtra.
- 1990 – Padmashri award, by the Government of India
- 1992 – Padmabhushan award, by the Government of India
- 2008 – On April 15 2008, Anna Hazare received the World Bank’s 2008 Jit Gill Memorial Award for Outstanding Public Service
- Care International of the USA, Transparency International, Seoul (South Korea)
- He received awards worth Rs 25 lakh and donated the entire amount for the Swami Vivekananda Kritadnyata Nidhi (social gratitude fund). Out of the two lakh rupees received from the above amount, mass marriages are carried of at least 25-30 poor couples every year. Anna Hazare has given his life for the benefit of India. He got the home in his village but he has not entered in that house from last 35 years. Anna Hazare and Properties – Anna Hazare has declared he has got Rs68, 688 in bank balance and cash and three pieces of land Hazare’s lands were either donated to him or family owned In his statement, Hazare said two land pieces measuring 0.07 Hectares and two hectares are in his native village in Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra while 0.46 hectare of land is in Pimpianer. one of the pieces of land in Ralegan Siddhi was donated by Army to him which he has donated for village use the Pimpianer land was donated to him by a villager.Hazare has further donated this land for village use. Anna Hazare never got any grant from Government of India.
