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SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 34

SSC CGL - 20 April 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q34

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An amendment to the Right to Information Act 2005 proposing that the Chief Information
Commissioner and Information Commissioners be appointed ‘for such term as may be
prescribed by the Central Government’ was passed in the year _____.
 

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. 2019

  • An amendment to the Right to Information Act 2005 proposing that the Chief Information
    Commissioner and Information Commissioners be appointed ‘for such term as may be
    prescribed by the Central Government’ was passed in the year 2019.
  • The bill amended the Right to Information Act, 2005 so as to provide that the term of office of, and the salaries, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of, the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners and the State Chief Information Commissioner and the State Information Commissioners, shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government.