Raj Kumar Goyal sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner of Central Information Commission

Key facts

• Raj Kumar Goyal was sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) in the Central Information Commission by President Droupadi Murmu.
• He retired in August from the post of Secretary, Department of Justice in the Ministry of Law and Justice.
• The appointment fills the vacancy left after previous CIC Heeralal Samariya demitted office in September.
• A three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recommended his name for the post of CIC.
• Goyal was a 1990-batch officer of the Jammu and Kashmir cadre and later the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre.