Itanagar, Oct 19: Arunachal Pradesh was brought
under the provisions of the Right to Information Act 2005 with
the swearing-in of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)
and three Information Commissioners here on Thurdsay.
Governor S K Singh administered the oath of office to
N Yongan, a former Rajya Sabha MP, as CIC and Bani Danggen, H
Payang and Nipo Nabam as Information Commissioners at Raj
Bhavan.
Chief Minister Gegong Apang and his cabinet colleagues
were present.
In a brief speech prior to the swearing in, the Governor
reminded the Information Commissioners of their
responsibilities to ensure that the people get information
which they seek out of the state for the sake of transparency.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, October 19, 2006, 00:00