PM-led panels to meet today on CIC, CVC selections

The Prime <g data-gr-id="16">Minister-led</g> selection committees will meet here today to decide on appointments of chiefs of Central Information Commission (CIC) and Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). The meeting has been convened  at the Prime Minister’s residence, official sources said.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh are likely to attend the tomorrow’s meeting to select the chiefs of CIC and CVC, they said. The selection panel will also finalise the names of Information Commissioners in CIC and Vigilance Commissioners in CVC, the sources said.

The post of CIC is lying vacant for over nine months. Rajiv Mathur’s term as chief of the watchdog ended on August 22, 2014. There is a vacancy of three Information Commissioners in the CIC. As per RTI Act, the CIC has one chief and ten Information Commissioners. In CVC, Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar and Vigilance Commissioner J M Garg had completed their term on September 28 and September 7, last year, respectively.