Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the PM's Chamber in Parliament. The meeting is to select the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and the Vigilance Commissioner in CVC.

Further details on the meeting are awaited.

The Commissioner post has been vacant since September 13, and Heeralal Samariya was the last Chief Information Commissioner who retired after turning 65.

The Commission is authorised to have one Chief Information Commissioner and up to 10 Information Commissioners. Currently, it has only two: Anandi Ramalingam and Vinod Kumar Tiwari.

What Is Central Information Commission?

The Central Information Commission was constituted with effect from October 12, 2005,

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