The India Rejuvenation Initiative is an Indian anti-corruption organization formed by a group of retired and serving bureaucrats. IRI raises issues affecting common people. Started in the year 2005 by a group of people drawn from all walks of life, IRI focussed its attention towards corruption prevalent at the top echelons of Indian polity.

Objectives

Its important objectives are: *Force the system to become accountable and enforce rule of law. *Attack corruption at the top. *Interact with and support honest civil servants,

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s. *Mobilize public opinion for ensuring that public representatives remain accountable. *Scrutinize public policies for flaws which contribute to corruption or protect vested interests. *Promotion and strengthening of decentralized governance. *Do regular interaction with the youth. *Organize youth to bring about changes in the way governments are being run at present.

Prominent members

R.C. Lahoti Ramesh Chandra Lahoti (1 November 1940 – 23 March 2022) was the 35th Chief Justice of India, serving from 1 June 2004 to 1 November 2005. Education and early career He joined the Bar in Guna district in 1960 and enrolled as an advocate in 1 ...

- Former Chief Justice of India * J.M. Lyngdoh - Former

Chief Election Commissioner of India The Chief Election Commissioner of India heads the Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and state legislatures and of President and Vice-President. This power of th ...

* V. K. Shunglu - Former

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Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy Air Chief Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy PVSM, AVSM, VM & Bar, ADC (born January 1943) is a former Air Officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF). He served as the 19th Chief of the Air Staff from 2001 to 2004. He raised the first electron ...

- Former Chief of Air Staff India of Indian Air Force * J. F. Ribeiro - Former

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* Prakash Singh - Former

Shri Krishna Joshi Prof. Shri Krishna Joshi (6 June 1935 – 15 May 2020) was an Indian physicist. He was born on 6 June 1935 in the village of Anarpa in Kumaun, Uttarakhand, India. Career Joshi received his Ph.D. in physics from Allahabad University in 1962. J ...

- Former Director General

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ( IAST: ''vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada''), abbreviated as CSIR, was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the ...

* Bhure Lal - Former Secretary to

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* S.A.T. Rizvi - Former Secretary to

* Hari Gautam - Former Chairman

University Grants Commission (India) University Grants Commission (UGC) is a statutory body set up by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various ot ...

* S.P. Taluqdar - Former Member

National Security Advisory Board The National Security Council (NSC) ( IAST: ''Rāṣṭrīya Surakṣā Pariṣad'') of India is an executive government agency tasked with advising the Prime Minister's Office on matters of national security and strategic interest. It was es ...

* Prof. S.K. Dube - Former Director

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* Arvind Verma- Former Secretary Government of India * S.N.Shukla Ex. I.A.S *

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, IAS (Retd ), Former Secretary to

* I.C.Diwedi, Former D.G.P Uttar Pradesh * S.R.Lakha, Former Chairman UP Public Service Commission * S.N.Singh, IPS (Retd.) * Jasvir Singh, IPS

Activities

It was among the prime movers in the petition to the Supreme Court of India opposing the appointment of P. J. Thomas as Chief Vigilance Commissioner. Thomas had been charged with corruption in a 1992 case that was prevented from coming to trial since the government refused to sanction trial. After considerable controversy, the Supreme court invalidated his appointment to the CVC in March 2011. Ex- Election Commissioner of India,

J. M. Lyngdoh James Michael Lyngdoh (born 8 February 1939) is an Indian civil servant and was Chief Election Commissioner of India from 14 June 2001 to 7 February 2004. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2003. Early life O ...

, was one of the key people in this effort. In addition to that, IRI filed petition in the Supreme Court on the issue of Black money stashed in foreign banks and locations, Cash for vote scam and on the issue of autonomy of

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. Recently IRI has taken up the issue of electoral reforms in its agenda and has filed a

Public Interest Litigation The chief instrument through which judicial activism has flourished in India is public interest litigation (PIL) or social action litigation (SAL). ''Public interest litigation'' (PIL) refers to litigation undertaken to secure public interest and de ...

against criminalization in politics. Supreme Court of India after hearing the PIL issued notices to

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and states to respond within four weeks. IRI also filed PIL for prompt and fair investigation of the Cash for Vote Scam which led to arrest of Amar Singh, Ex M.P. Recently as a result of PIL filed by IRI, the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission was removed by the order of HC Allahabad. One of the members ex- Chief Justice of India Justice

in July 2010, protested the ineffectiveness of the CVC in protecting

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. With its strong presence in many states, it has emerged as a front runner organization to bring back probity in public life.

References

{{reflist Anti-corruption non-governmental organizations Anti-corruption activism in India