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Our government has approved a new anti-corruption bill which will be tabled in parliament this week.

The Lokpal bill envisages setting up an independent ombudsman who would have the power to prosecute politicians and civil servants.

However, the government has not agreed to put India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under its ambit, a key demand of activist Anna Hazare.

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Mr Anna  Hazare's 12-day anti-corruption fast in August became the focus of a national campaign and put pressure on the government to act on the issue.

The ongoing session of parliament has been extended by three days to give it time to take up the bill.

Media reports say that the bill approved by the cabinet on Tuesday evening proposes to keep India's top investigation agency, CBI, out of the control of the ombudsman.

In other words, the nine-member Lokpal committee - which will comprise the ombudsman - will not have its own investigative agency, a major demand of anti-corruption activists like Mr Hazare and many opposition parties, reports say.

Among other things the bill proposes that

• the prime minister will fall under the ombudsman's remit, with some conditions which relate to matters of external affairs, atomic energy and national security, reports say.

• a part of the lower bureaucracy will come under the ombudsman's remit

Correspondents say the stage is set for a fresh confrontation between the government and Mr Hazare and the opposition over the contents of the new bill.

India has recently been hit by a string of high-profile corruption scandals, badly damaging the government's reputation.

Among them are an alleged multi-billion dollar telecoms scam, claims of financial malpractice in connection with the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games and allegations that houses intended for war widows ended up in the hands of civil servants.

A recent survey said corruption in India had cost billions of dollars and threatened to derail growth.