Central Information Commission

Central Information Commission
Kendriya Soochna Ayog
केंद्रीय सूचना आयोगAbbreviationCICAgency overviewFormed2005^[1]Annual budget₹113 million (US$1.7 million)(2011–12)^[2]Legal personalityGovernmental: Government agencyJurisdictional structureFederal agencyIndiaGoverning bodyGovernment of IndiaConstituting instrumentRight to Information Act, 2005General natureFederal law enforcementCivilian agencyOperational structureWebsitewww.cic.gov.in

The Central Information Commission (CIC) set up under the Right to Information Act is the authorised body, established in 2005,^[1]under the Government of India to act upon complaints from those individuals who have not been able to submit information requests to a Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer due to either the officer not having been appointed, or because the respective Central Assistant Public Information Officer or State Assistant Public Information Officer refused to receive the application for information under the RTI Act.^[3] The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 8th Annual Convention of Central Information Commission (CIC) on 2 September 2013.

The Commission includes 1 Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and not more than 10 Information Commissioners (IC) who are appointed by the President of India.

Current Information CommissionersEdit

Shri Radha Krishna Mathur- Chief Information CommissionerBasant SethYashovardhan AzadSharat SabharwalManjula PrasherM A Khan YusufiProf Madabhushanam Sridhar AcharyuluSudhir BhargavaBimal JulkaDivya Prakash SinhaAmitava Bhattacharyya

Chief Information CommissionersEdit

Wajahat HabibullahA N TiwariSatyananda MishraDeepak SandhuSushma SinghRajiv MathurVijai SharmaRadhakrishna Mathur
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