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The '''Central Information Commission''' is a statutory body,<ref>https://cic.gov.in/introduction</ref> set up under the [[Right to Information Act]] in 2005<ref name="CIC Annual Report 2005-06">{{cite web|title=CIC Annual Report 2005-06|url=http://www.cic.gov.in/AnnualReports/AR-200506/MainReport.pdf|access-date=18 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121093716/http://cic.gov.in/AnnualReports/AR-200506/MainReport.pdf|archive-date=21 January 2011|page=14}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://cic.gov.in/index.html| title=Powers and functions of the information commissions| access-date=24 April 2011| author=Central Information Commission, Government of India| work=Primary source| publisher=Central Information Commission, Government of India| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303143717/http://cic.gov.in/index.html| archive-date=3 March 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref>
The '''Central Information Commission''' is a statutory body,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cic.gov.in/introduction | title=Introduction &#124; Central Information Commission }}</ref> set up under the [[Right to Information Act]] in 2005<ref name="CIC Annual Report 2005-06">{{cite web|title=CIC Annual Report 2005-06|url=http://www.cic.gov.in/AnnualReports/AR-200506/MainReport.pdf|access-date=18 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121093716/http://cic.gov.in/AnnualReports/AR-200506/MainReport.pdf|archive-date=21 January 2011|page=14}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://cic.gov.in/index.html| title=Powers and functions of the information commissions| access-date=24 April 2011| author=Central Information Commission, Government of India| work=Primary source| publisher=Central Information Commission, Government of India| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303143717/http://cic.gov.in/index.html| archive-date=3 March 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref>


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 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.


==Chief Information Commissioners==
==Chief Information Commissioners==
The following have held the post of the chief Information Commissioners.<ref>https://cic.gov.in/former-cic-and-ic</ref>
The following have held the post of the chief Information Commissioners.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cic.gov.in/former-cic-and-ic | title=Former Chief ICs &#124; Central Information Commission }}</ref>


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|[[Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha]]
|[[Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha]]
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|12
|[[Heeralal Samariya]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-06 |title=Heeralal Samariya appointed as chief information commissioner |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/heeralal-samariya-appointed-as-chief-information-commissioner-101699260619504.html |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
| 6 November 2023
| 13 September 2025
|-
|13
|[[Raj Kumar Goyal]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chief Information Commissioner Post: Raj Kumar Goyal Likely Pick |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/former-law-secretary-raj-kumar-goyal-appointed-as-chief-information-commissioner-3829880 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251214015737/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/former-law-secretary-raj-kumar-goyal-appointed-as-chief-information-commissioner-3829880 |archive-date=2025-12-14 |access-date=2025-12-14 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
|15 December 2025
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==State Information Commission==
 
Following is the list of State Information Commissions.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank || State || States Information commission
|-
|1
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|[[Andhra Pradesh Information Commission]]
|-
|2
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|[[Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission]]
|-
|3
|[[Assam]]
|[[Assam Information Commission]]
|-
|4
|[[Bihar]]
|[[Bihar Information Commission]]
|-
|5
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|[[Chhattisgarh State Information Commission]]
|-
|6
|[[Goa]]
|[[Goa State Information Commission]]
|-
|7
|[[Gujarat]]
|[[Gujarat State Information Commission]]
|-
|8
|[[Haryana]]
|[[Haryana State Information Commission]]
|-
|9
|[[Karnataka]]
|[[Karnataka State Information Commission]]
|-
|10
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]]
|[[Jammu & Kashmir State Information Commission]]
|-
|11
|[[Kerala]]
|[[Kerala State Information Commission]]
|-
|12
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|[[Madhya Pradesh State Information Commission]]
|-
|13
|[[Maharashtra]]
|[[Maharashtra State Information Commission]]
|-
|14
|[[Meghalaya]]
|[[Meghalaya State Information Commission]]
|-
|15
|[[Mizoram]]
|[[Mizoram Information Commission]]
|-
|16
|[[Nagaland]]
|[[Nagaland Information Commission]]
|-
|17
|[[Orissa]]
|[[Odisha State Information Commission]]
|-
|18
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|[[Punjab State Information Commission]]
|-
|19
|[[Rajasthan]]
|[[Rajasthan Information Commission]]
|-
|20
|[[Sikkim]]
|[[Sikkim State Information Commission]]
|-
|21
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|[[Tamil Nadu Information Commission]]
|-
|22
|[[Tripura]]
|[[Tripura State Information Commission]]
|-
|22
|[[Uttarakhand]]
|[[Uttarakhand Information Commission]]
|-
|22
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|[[Uttar Information Commission]]
|-
|22
|[[Telangana]]
|[[Telangana Information Commission]]
|-
|23
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|[[Himachal Pradesh Information Commission]]
|-
|24
|[[Manipur]]
|[[Manipur Information Commission]]
|-
|25
|[[West Bengal]]
|[http://wbic.gov.in/ West Bengal Information Commission]
|-
|25
|[[Jharkhand]]
|[http://onlinejsic.jharkhand.gov.in/ Jharkhand State Information Commission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117065208/http://onlinejsic.jharkhand.gov.in/ |date=17 January 2021 }}
|-
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shri Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha {{!}} Central Information Commission|url=https://cic.gov.in/node/2490|access-date=2020-10-31|website=cic.gov.in}}</ref>{{Indian commissions}}
{{reflist}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shri Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha {{!}} Central Information Commission|url=https://cic.gov.in/node/2490|access-date=2020-10-31|website=cic.gov.in}}</ref>{{Indian commissions}}
 
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Central Information Commission
(केंद्रीय सूचना आयोग)
The official logo of Central Information Commission
Commission overview
Formed12 October 2005; 20 years ago (2005-10-12)[1]
HeadquartersCIC Bhawan, Baba Gang Nath Marg, Staff Quarters, Old JNU Campus, Munirka, South Delhi, Delhi - 110067
Annual budget₹25.1935 crore (US$3.5 million) (2015–16)[2]
Commission executive
Key document
Websitewww.cic.gov.in

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.

Chief Information Commissioners[edit | edit source]

The following have held the post of the chief Information Commissioners.[6]

List of Central information Commissioners
No. Name Took office Left office
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 6 March 2020 26 August 2020
11 Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha 7 November 2020 3 October 2023
12 Heeralal Samariya[7] 6 November 2023 13 September 2025
13 Raj Kumar Goyal[8] 15 December 2025 -

State Information Commission[edit | edit source]

Following is the list of State Information Commissions.

Rank State States Information commission
1 Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Information Commission
2 Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission
3 Assam Assam Information Commission
4 Bihar Bihar Information Commission
5 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh State Information Commission
6 Goa Goa State Information Commission
7 Gujarat Gujarat State Information Commission
8 Haryana Haryana State Information Commission
9 Karnataka Karnataka State Information Commission
10 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir State Information Commission
11 Kerala Kerala State Information Commission
12 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh State Information Commission
13 Maharashtra Maharashtra State Information Commission
14 Meghalaya Meghalaya State Information Commission
15 Mizoram Mizoram Information Commission
16 Nagaland Nagaland Information Commission
17 Orissa Odisha State Information Commission
18 Punjab Punjab State Information Commission
19 Rajasthan Rajasthan Information Commission
20 Sikkim Sikkim State Information Commission
21 Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Information Commission
22 Tripura Tripura State Information Commission
22 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Information Commission
22 Uttar Pradesh Uttar Information Commission
22 Telangana Telangana Information Commission
23 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Information Commission
24 Manipur Manipur Information Commission
25 West Bengal West Bengal Information Commission
25 Jharkhand Jharkhand State Information Commission Archived 17 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine

References[edit | edit source]

  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.
  6. ↑ "Former Chief ICs | Central Information Commission".
  7. ↑ "Heeralal Samariya appointed as chief information commissioner". Hindustan Times. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Chief Information Commissioner Post: Raj Kumar Goyal Likely Pick". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 14 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.

[1]

  1. ↑ "Shri Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha | Central Information Commission". cic.gov.in. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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