- The Government has appointed Sudhir Bhargava the new Chief Information Commissioner along with four new Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission (CIC).
- Mr. Bhargava, a former Secretary to the Ministry of Social Justice, will take over as the ninth chief of the CIC with effect from January 1, 2019.
- Yashwardhan Kumar Sinha, Vanaja N. Sarna, Suresh Chandra and Neeraj Kumar Gupta are the other 4 newly appointed members. Vanaja N. Sarna is currently the only woman in the commission.
- CIC, the highest appeal body under the Right to Information Act, has been functioning with just three members as against a sanctioned strength of 11, since the former chief and several members completed their tenure last month.
- With this appointments, the total strength has been raised to 7.
