New Delhi: Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha was sworn in as the Chief Information Commissioner on Saturday. This information has been given in the statement issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan. According to the statement, President Ramnath Kovind administered the oath to Sinha at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. On 26 August this year, after the completion of Bimal Julka’s term, the post of Chief Information Commissioner was lying vacant for more than two months. Sinha assumed the post of Information Commissioner on 1 January 2019. He has served as the High Commissioner of India to Britain and Sri Lanka.
The 62-year-old Sinha’s tenure as a CIC will be around three years. The CIC or Information Commissioner is appointed for five years or till the age of 65 years. Sinha has been selected by a three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Apart from Modi, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary and Home Minister Amit Shah are members of this committee. Apart from Sinha, the committee approved the appointment of journalist Uday Mahurkar, former Labor Secretary Hira Lal Samaria and former Deputy Controller and Auditor General Saroj Punhani as information commissioners.