Chief Information Commissioner Current Affairs, GK & News
Yashvardhan K Sinha appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner
The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind appointed Shri Yashvardhan K Sinha as the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India. Key Highlights The post of Chief Information Commissioner was lying vacant over two months after Bimal Julka completed his term in August, 2020. Sinha was short-listed for the post by a three-member committee ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News Current Affairs
Topics: Amit Shah • Chief Information Commissioner • Information Commissioner • PM Modi • Ram Nath Kovind
Bimal Julka appointed as CIC of India
Information Commissioner Bimal Julka has been recently appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to Bimal Julka as the CIC at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The previous Chief Sudhir Bhargava retired on January 11 and since then the Chief Information Commission was functioning without head. ..
Topics: Chief Information Commissioner • Information Commissioner • Ram Nath Kovind
CIC Annual Report tabled in Lok Sabha
The Central Information Commission tabled its annual report for the year 2018-19 in Lok Sabha on 20th November, 2019. The same report was also tabled in Rajya Sabha on 21st November, 2019. Highlights of the report The report said that in the year 2018-19, around 13.70 lakh applications were received by the Central Public Authorities ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Central Information Commission • Chief Information Commissioner • Information Commissioner • Lok Sabha • President • Rajya Sabha
New Draft Rules for CICs and ICs
The CIC-Chief Information Commissioner and IC-Information Commissioner currently hold tenure of 5 years and their perks are similar to that of the Chief Election Commissioners as defined in Right to Information Act, 2005. According to the new draft rules from DoPT (Department of Personnel and Training), the terms and perks of the CICs and ICs ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Topics: Chief Election Commissioner • Chief Information Commissioner • CIC • IC • RTI Act • Supreme court
Lok Sabha passes Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Lok Sabha has passed Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 amidst strong objection from Opposition with 218 members voting in its favour and 79 against it. Summary: The bill seeks to amend certain provisions of landmark transparency law- Right to Information Act, 2005 so as to empower central government on deciding terms of Chief Information ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Bills and Amendments • Chief Information Commissioner • CLAT • Information Commissioners • Lok Sabha • Right to Information (Amendment) Bill 2019 • RTI Act 2005