Central Information Commission
About
- All Central Public Authorities fall under the Commission’s jurisdiction; it was established by the Right to Information Act of 2005.
Its objectives
- To use the authority granted to them by the RTI Act of 2005.
- To accept complaints from any citizen and look into them (Section 18 of the RTI Act, 2005).
- To consider and grant any citizen’s second appeal (Section 19 of the RTI Act, 2005).
- To carry out the “Monitoring and Reporting” task (as defined by Section 25 of the RTI Act, 2005).
Composition:
- A Chief Information Commissioner and a maximum of ten Information Commissioners make up this body.
Scheduling:
- The President of India appoints them based on the advice of a committee that is chaired by the Prime Minister, includes the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and a Prime Minister-nominated Union Cabinet Minister.
Eligibility
- People of distinction in public life with extensive backgrounds in law, science and technology, social service, management, journalism, mass media, or administration and governance are eligible to serve as members of CIC and SIC.
- Members are not permitted to hold any other paid position, be affiliated with any political party, operate a business, or engage in any other profession.
- They are also prohibited from serving as members of the legislature of any State or Union Territory, as well as members of Parliament.
Tenure
- After taking office, the Chief Information Commissioner, or Information Commissioners, as the case may be, will serve in that capacity for three years.