Soon after the central government abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution in August 2019, the media published detailed reports on the Whistle Blowers Protection (WBP) Act, 2014. There were hopes that whistle-blowers in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh would get legal protection from victimisation thanks to this law. There were also hopes that the anti-corruption movement would get a significant boost, as this law gives anti-corruption activists legal protection. Neither the state machinery nor non-state actors would victimise them. However, almost three years since it was extended to the Union Territory of J&K, this pro-people and pro-transparency law is not being operationalised.
Central Government Assurances
Whistleblowing is when an employee or stakeholder discloses information about illegal or unethical conduct within an organisation. A whistle-blower is one who informs about a person or organisation engaged in an illicit act. Many government offices have employees who want to expose corrupt practices, but fear being victimised or physically harmed. This author, too, gets calls from such officers about instances of corruption and malpractices in their offices, but they are unprepared to expose them, making the WBP Act of no use for them.
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