Question

Explain the composition of the ‘State Information Commission’. State the powers and functions of the Information Commissions under the Rights to Information Act, 2005.

Answer 1

The Central Information Commission (CIC) set up under the Right to Information Act is the authorised body, established in 2005, 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 RTI Act.[4]

Central Information CommissionKendriya Soochna Ayog

The official logo of Central Information Commission

Commission overviewFormedOctober 12, 2005; 13 years ago[1]Annual budget₹25.1935 crore(US$3.5 million) (2015–16)[2]Commission executives

Sudhir Bhargava, IAS, Chief Information Commissioner of India

Yashovardhan Azad, IPS, Information Commissioner of India

Manjula Prasher, IPoS, Information Commissioner

Prof. (Dr.) Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu, Information Commissioner

Bimal Julka, IAS

Information Commissioner

Divya Prakash Sinha, IPS, Information Commissioner

Amitava Bhattacharya, IAS, Information Commissioner

Key document

RTI Act, 2005 (Act no. 22 of 2005)

Websitewww.cic.gov.in

The Commission includes 1 Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and not more than 10 Information Commissioners (IC) who are appointed by the President of India. The first Chief Information Commissioner of India was Wajahat Habibullah. The present Chief Information Commissioner of India is Sudhir Bhargava

CIC and members are appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of a committee consisting of—Prime Minister as Chairperson, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha; a Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister. There are two woman who became CIC till now first is Ms Deepak Sandhu (4th CIC) and Second Ms Sushma Singh(5th CIC)