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RTI appeals, complaints disposal rate crosses 90% in current fiscal: CIC

The disposal rate of appeals and complaints filed under the RTI Act has crossed 90 per cent so far this fiscal, Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Heeralal Samariya said on Sunday. Samariya, who was sworn in as the CIC on November 6, said this during a meeting with Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh. During an hour-long meeting, Samariya informed the minister that the disposal rate of the Right to Information (RTI) appeals and complaints has, for the first time, crossed 90 per cent in the current financial year, according to a personnel ministry statement. Singh lauded the Central Information Commission for achieving "consistent decline" in pendency with corresponding rise in disposal of the RTI appeals. According to the CIC data available as on November 9, 11,499 RTI appeals and complaints were disposed of, while 12,695 were received, marking a disposal rate of 90.5 per cent, the statement said. In 2022-23, 19,018 appeals were registered, while in 2021-22, 19,

Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to Prez Murmu over selection of CIC

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that the government appointed Heeralal Samariya as the CIC without even informing him

Expenditure on India's information commissions has fallen 91% in six years

Since FY17, the budget allocation for information commissions has shrunk by 82.7% from Rs 31.9 crore

Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha takes oath as new Chief Information Commissioner

Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on Saturday, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement. President Ram Nath Kovind has administered the oath of office to Sinha as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, it said. The post had been lying vacant for over two months after Bimal Julka completed his term on August 26. Sinha, a former diplomat, joined as the Information Commissioner on January 1, 2019. He has served as India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. Sinha, aged 62, will have a tenure of about three years as the CIC. A CIC and Information Commissioner are appointed for a tenure of five years or till they attain the age of 65 years. Sinha was short-listed for the post by a three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Besides Modi, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Home Minister Amit Shah ar

Y K Sinha protected India's image abroad. Now, he must do it at home

The ex-IFS officer takes over as CIC at a time when activists believe the RTI Act has been whittled down progressively

CIC's post vacant, process of appointment going on: Jitendra Singh in RS

In response to separate query, the minister said that the Central Information Commission has been functional even after the declaration of lockdown in March, 2020

Process to appoint Chief Information Commissioner should be same as CEC: SC

The apex court also took note of the existing vacancies in CIC and SICs and directed authorities to fill them up within six months

Sudhir Bhargava new CIC, govt appoints four information commissioners

All the bureaucrats appointed by the government have retired this year

Govt invites applications for posts of Information Commissioners in CIC

There are six Information Commissioners (ICs) working in the CIC against a sanctioned strength of 10