New Chief Information Commissioner of Bihar

Patna HC's retired judge Shashank Kumar Singh was appointed Chief Information Commissioner of Bihar.

A retired judge of the Patna High Court Shashank Kumar Singh was on Thursday appointed Chief Information Commissioner of Bihar while Justice (retd) Ramnandan Prasad the Lokayukta.

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Finance Commissioner PN Narayanan and Secretary Labour Department Shakeel Ahmad were appointed Information Commissioners, according to a notification issued by the Personnel department.

A three-member committee comprising Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi and the Leader of the Opposition Rabri Devi was entrusted with the task to appoint the Chief Information Commissioner for implementation of Right to Information Act in Bihar.