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Government: New Delhi: Wednesday, 27 May 2015.
The Prime
Minister-led selection committees could not arrive at a decision on the
appointment of chiefs of Central Information Commission (CIC) and Central
Vigilance Commission (CVC) at its meeting today and decided to meet again.
"The
meeting was held in amicable atmosphere. There were certain more information
and details to be obtained in reference of the candidates under consideration.
Therefore, it was decided that another meeting will be called next week at a
mutually-convenient date," Union Minister Jitendra Singh told PTI after
the meeting.
Today's
meeting was convened at the Prime Minister's residence and was attended by Home
Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Leader of Congress party
in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh
and senior officials of Prime Minister's Office.
The selection
panels were also to finalise the names of Information Commissioners in CIC and
Vigilance Commissioners in CVC, official sources said.
Congress
President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi had on May 6 questioned
the delay in appointments of chiefs of CIC, CVC and Lokpal. The Right to
Information Act, 2005, which ensures time bound reply to citizens query on
governance matters, was brought by the Congress-led UPA government.
The CIC,
which is mandated to resolve appeals and complaints filed against government
departments or public authorities by information seekers under the Right to
Information (RTI) Act, has been working without its chief for over nine months.
Chief
Information Commissioner Rajiv Mathur's term as head of the transparency
watchdog ended on August 22, 2014.
Besides,
there is a vacancy of three Information Commissioners in the CIC.
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