Multiple choice

Which of these Indian commissions was set up under the Right to Information Act?

  1. Planning Commission

  2. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

  3. University Grants Commission

  4. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

  5. Central Information Commission
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Explanation

The Central Information Commission (CIC) set up under the Right to Information Act is the authorised body, established in 2005, under the Government of India to act upon complaints from those individuals who have not been able to submit information requests to a Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer due to either the officer not having been appointed, or because the respective Central Assistant Public Information Officer or State Assistant Public Information Officer refused to receive the application for information under the RTI Act.

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