India's Parliament has expressed nonbinding support for anti-corruption proposals that it hoped would persuade a reform activist to end his 11-day hunger strike.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told Parliament after a nearly nine-hour debate that the "sense of the house" was in support of a series of policies demanded by Anna Hazare.

Supporters of Hazare had wanted a vote on the proposals but appeared satisfied with Mukherjee's statement.

However, his aides said the 74-year-old activist was unlikely to end his hunger strike before Sunday morning.