Sudhir Bhargava is a new CIC Chief (Central Information Commission)

The government has appointed Sudhir Bhargava as chief information commissioner (CIC) along with four information commissioners, all of whom were bureaucrats, in the Central Information Commission.

Bhargava was Information Commissioner in the CIC. The panel was functioning with three members against the sanctioned strength of 11, including the chief information commissioner.

Ram Nath Kovind has approved the appointment of former IFS officer Yashwardhan Kumar Sinha, former IRS officer Vanaja N Sarna, former IAS Neeraj Kumar Gupta and former law secretary Suresh Chandra as information commissioners in the central information commission, a government order accessed by said.

The Supreme Court had asked the Centre and states to maintain transparency in appointments of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners and upload the details of search committees and applicants on their website.