1) The sources said the Bill proposes that the CBI may be provided a budget charged to the Consolidated

Fund of India. 2) They said the CBI Director should be given administrative and financial powers on the lines of the Secretaries in the Union Government.The CBI Director should be empowered to induct officers up to the rank of Joint Director. He should also have powers for engaging special counsels and specialists of different disciplines, said sources in the CBI. 3) The sources also said that Section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, which calls for obtaining sanction before proceeding against government officials of the rank of Joint Secretary and above, should be repealed. The DSPE Act needs to be amended to repeal this provision, as this is one of the major impediments in pursuing investigations against public servants of the rank of Joint Secretary and above, they said, adding that Section 23 (1) of the Lokpal Bill, which provides for functional autonomy for registration and initiation of prosecution, is applicable only to cases referred by the Lokpal. Thus, for cases taken up suo motu by the CBI, the existing requirement of prior permission under Section 6A of DSPE Act remains unchanged, they pointed out. The sources felt that the limit should be increased as it was unrealistic. They said in many cases the probe is complicated and voluminous. 4) Delaying factors are a stay on investigation by the court, delay in getting expert opinions or absconding accused persons and extension of inv estigation to foreign soil. 5) There is a need to have flexibility regarding the timeframe for completing investigations. This provision may be amended to provide a time-limit for completing the investigation within a year with a provision for further extension by Lokpal on a case-to-case basis, the sources said. 6) The sources said the Bill envisaged reporting by the CBI to the Lokpal, the Central Vigilance Commission, the Department of Personnel and Training, and the Ministries of Law and Home. Instead of gaining any functional autonomy, CBI would now have too many superior authorities to which it should report. This multiplicity of reporting would be a grave impediment to effective and efficient discharge of duties by the CBI. This multiplicity of supervision can be taken care of only by providing more financial, administrative and legal autonomy to the CBI. The Lokpal alone should exercise general superintendence in cases referred by them, the sources said. 7)no seperation of investigative and prosecution wings of cbi propsed by lokpal 8)currently leader of opposition +pm+cji is in selection comitee of cbi director but aana wants lokpal to be part of selection process Protect police powers' The sources sought protection for police powers to decide the outcome of investigation and file police report before the court. They said Section 20 (7) of the Lokpal Bill provided for the extending of police powers to persons who are not police officers, who would be

authorised to take a final decision after investigation and filing of police report in the competent court.