Q. Regarding the Central Information Commission (CIC), consider the following statements:
1.It consists of a Chief Information Commissioner and not more than ten Information Commissioners.
2.Following the 2019 Amendment, the Chief Information Commissioner holds office for a term of five years.
3.The salary of the Chief Information Commissioner is currently the same as that of the Chief Election Commissioner.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation:
- Statement 1 is correct: The RTI Act, 2005 limits the number of ICs to ten.
- Statement 2 is incorrect: The RTI (Amendment) Act, 2019 removed the fixed 5-year tenure. The term is now as prescribed by the Central Government (currently 3 years).
- Statement 3 is incorrect: The 2019 Amendment empowered the Central Government to determine salaries. They are no longer automatically equated to Election Commissioners.
