Manmohan unveils a series of steps to tackle corruption

New Delhi: Acknowledging that the prevailing state of affairs will not be tolerated by the people, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged swift and exemplary action to deal with corruption towards which he unveiled a number of steps. Singh also said that government hopes to introduce during the monsoon session of Parliament the Lokpal Bill on which a committee of Ministers and representatives of civil society are working. "There is a growing feeling in the people that our laws, systems and procedures are not effective in dealing with corruption," he said addressing IAS, IFS, IPS and other senior bureaucrats. Without mincing words, he said, "We must recognize that there is little public tolerance now for the prevailing state of affairs. People expect swift and exemplary action and rightly so.