Central Information Commission

Central Information Commission
(केंद्रीय सूचना आयोग)
The official logo of Central Information Commission
Commission overview
Formed12 October 2005; 18 years ago (2005-10-12)[1]
Annual budget25.1935 crore (US$3.0 million) (2015–16)[2]
Commission executive
Key document
Websitewww.cic.gov.in
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The Central Information Commission is a statutory body,[3] set up under the Right to Information Act in 2005[4] 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 have 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 Right to Information Act.[5]

The commission includes one chief information commissioner and not more than ten information commissioners who are appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the Prime Minister as chairperson, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister. Two women have been chief information commissioners: Deepak Sandhu (fourth chief information commissioner overall) and Sushma Singh (fifth overall).The oath to CIC is administered by President of India.

  1. ^ "Introduction". Central Information Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Annual Report for 2015–16" (PDF). Central Information Commission. p. 23. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Introduction | Central Information Commission".
  4. ^ "CIC Annual Report 2005-06" (PDF). p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  5. ^ Central Information Commission, Government of India. "Powers and functions of the information commissions". Primary source. Central Information Commission, Government of India. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.