Central Information Commission

Central Information Commission

Kendriya Soochna Ayog
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Commission overview
Formed	October 12, 2005; 12 years ago (2005-10-12)
Annual budget	₹25.1935 crore (US$4.0 million) (2015–16)
Commission executives	Radha Krishna Mathur, IAS, Chief Information Commissioner Yashovardhan Azad, IPS, Information Commissioner Manjula Prasher, IPoS, Information Commissioner Prof. (Dr.) Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu, Information Commissioner Sudhir Bhargava, IAS, 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)
Website	www.cic.gov.in

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.

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 Radha Krishna Mathur.