Govt appoints four new Information Commissioners in CIC

The RTI body currently has three Information Commissioners as against the strength of 11, including the Chief Information Commissioner.

The Centre has appointed four new Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission, a government order said Sunday.

The Central Information Commission was constituted under the Right to Information Act, 2005. (Representative image)

The RTI body currently has three Information Commissioners as against the strength of 11, including the Chief Information Commissioner.

President Ram Nath Kovind has cleared the appointment of Yashwardhan Kumar Sinha, Vanaja N Sarna, Neeraj Kumar Gupta and Suresh Chandra as information commissioners in the CIC, the government order accessed by PTI said.