Chief Information Commissioner

Chief Information commissioner of India

The Chief Information Commissioner of India is the head of the Central Information Commission appointed by the President of India. The first Chief Information Commissioner was Wajahat Habibullah. First woman Chief Information Commissioner was Deepak Sandhu. The tenure of the commissioners has been cut to three years in the new rules.^[2]

The following have held the post of the Central Information Commissioners.^[3]

References

1. "Home | Central Information Commission Central Information Commission". cic.gov.in.
2. "Centre issues new RTI rules, cuts CIC tenure to 3 years, holds power to decide other terms". 25 October 2019.
3. "Former Chief ICs | Central Information Commission". cic.gov.in.
4. "List of all the Chief Information Commissioners". 2 May 2019.
5. Phukan, Sandeep (18 February 2020). "Sanjay Kothari tipped to be CVC; Bimal Julka is CIC". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
6. "Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha takes oath as Chief Information Commissioner - The Hindu". The Hindu. 7 November 2020.
7. Bureau, The Hindu (6 November 2023). "Heeralal Samariya sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 November 2023.