"Skydropped": Congress Dissents On Top RTI Watchdog Appointments

Friday, 30 October 2020Newsdesk

The government's decision to appoint new Information Commissioners opposed by the Congress in a dissent note has set up a new political flashpoint. Retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha is all set to become the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India, government sources have told NDTV. Journalist Uday Mahurkar is likely to be named an Information Commissioner, they said, adding that the official process towards these appointments has been initiated.

New Delhi, 30 October 2020

Rashtrapati Bhavan is expected to issue a notification soon, the sources said, following which a Gazette Notification will be published by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) announcing the appointments. A panel headed by the Prime Minister selects members to the top Right to Information (RTI) watchdog. YK Sinha, a former High Commissioner to UK and Sri Lanka, is expected to have a tenure till October 2023. He is now one of the five Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission, the top RTI body.

Source -NDTV