New Delhi: Centre on Monday finalised names for the chiefs of Central Information Commissioner (CIC) and Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
The meeting was attended by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh.
The meeting also cleared appointment of Vigilance Commissioners and Information Commissioner, sources said.
"We discussed the matter and recommended some names to the President. He will be announcing them," Mallikarjun Kharge said.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi had questioned the delay in appointments of chiefs of CIC, CVC and Lokpal by the Modi government.
Many RTI activists had also questioned the delay in appointments.
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 Act, has been working without a chief for over nine months, after the tenure of CIC Rajiv Mathur ended on August 22, 2014.
Sources said there are 203 applicants, including all seven information commissioners, for the post of the Chief Information Commissioner and 553 for the post of information commissioners.
Under the RTI Act, the CIC has one chief and 10 information commissioners.
In CVC, the term of Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar had ended on September 28 last year, while vigilance commissioner JM Garg completed his tenure on September 7. Sources said the government has received about 130 applications for the two posts.
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