The union cabinet on Tuesday cleared three major anti-corruption bills being brought to counter crusader Anna Hazare threatening yet another indefinite fast from December 27 instead of conceding his demand to include everything in the single Lokpal Bill.

The bills cleared are: Judicial Accountability Bill, Citizen's Charter Bill, and Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosures (whistleblower bill). Home minister P Chidambaram got a small change made in the Citizen's charter bill to require action by the concerned officer within one month and not within 15 days as proposed in the draft bill prepared by rural development minister Jairam Ramesh and MoS in PMO M Narayanasamy.

The principal Lokpal Bill that has to be tweaked on the basis of the parliamentary standing committee's report submitted to parliament last week, however, not put on the agenda since the PM was to talk to the allies Tuesday night and then the opposition on Wednesday to firm up issues to be included or excluded in the revised bill.

Though the purpose of rushing with three anti-corruption bills is to blunt Team Anna's attack, Anna Hazare has already gone on record that he wants the citizen's charter under the Lokpal and not through a separate bill. His associates, however, declined to comment until they get to see the approved bills.