Chief Information Commissioner
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. After the retirement of the 10th Chief Information Commissioner, Bimal Julka on November 7, 2020, Yashwardhan Kumar Sinha had been appointed as the 11th CIC of India. The tenure of the commissioners has been cut to three years in the new rules.[2][3]
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| Nominator | Committee consisting the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a Union Cabinet Minister as nominated by the Prime Minister |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | as determined by central government |
| Deputy | Information Commissioners of India Deputy Information Commissioners of India |
| Salary | ₹250,000 (US$3,500) per month |
| Website | Chief Information Commissioner of India |
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The following have held the post of the Central Information Commissioners.[4]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
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| 1 | Wajahat Habibullah | 26 October 2005 | 19 September 2010 | |
| 2 | A. N. Tiwari | 30 September 2010 | 18 December 2010 | |
| 3 | Satyananda Mishra |  |
19 December 2010 | 4 September 2013 |
| 4 | Deepak Sandhu |  |
5 September 2013 | 18 December 2013 |
| 5 | Sushma Singh |  |
19 December 2013 | 21 May 2014 |
| 6 | Rajiv Mathur | 22 May 2014 | 22 August 2014 | |
| 7 | Vijai Sharma |  |
10 June 2015 | 1 December 2015 |
| 8 | Radha Krishna Mathur |  |
4 January 2016 | 24 November 2018 |
| 9 | Sudhir Bhargava |  |
1 January 2019 | 11 January 2020 |
| 10 | Bimal Julka[3] |  |
19 February 2020 | 31 October 2020 |
| 11 | Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha[3][6] |  |
7 November 2020 | 3 October 2023 |
References
- https://cic.gov.in/
- "Centre issues new RTI rules, cuts CIC tenure to 3 years, holds power to decide other terms". 25 October 2019.
- Phukan, Sandeep (18 February 2020). "Sanjay Kothari tipped to be CVC; Bimal Julka is CIC". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- "Former Chief ICs | Central Information Commission". cic.gov.in.
- "List of all the Chief Information Commissioners". 2 May 2019.
- "Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha takes oath as Chief Information Commissioner - The Hindu". The Hindu. 7 November 2020.
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