Central Information Commission
| Central Information Commission Kendriya Soochna Ayog केंद्रीय सूचना आयोग | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | CIC |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 2005[1] |
| Annual budget | ₹113 million (US$1.7 million) (2011–12)[2] |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | India |
| Governing body | Government of India |
| Constituting instrument | Right to Information Act, 2005 |
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| Operational structure | |
| Website | |
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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 Commissioners
- Shri Radha Krishna Mathur- Chief Information Commissioner
- Basant Seth
- Yashovardhan Azad
- Sharat Sabharwal
- Manjula Prasher
- M A Khan Yusufi
- Prof Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu
- Sudhir Bhargava
- Bimal Julka
- Divya Prakash Sinha
- Amitava Bhattacharyya
Chief Information Commissioners
- Wajahat Habibullah
- A N Tiwari
- Satyananda Mishra
- Deepak Sandhu
- Sushma Singh
- Rajiv Mathur
- Vijai Sharma
- Radhakrishna Mathur
References
- 1 2 "CIC Annual Report 2005-06" (PDF). p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ↑ "CIC Annual Report 2011-12" (PDF). p. 37. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ↑ Central Information Commission, Government of India. "Powers and functions of the information commissions". Primary source. Central Information Commission, Government of India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.