In November 2023, who was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner of India?
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Correct answer: D
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The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Heeralal Samariya.
In November 2023, Heeralal Samariya was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India. He was sworn in on November 6, 2023, by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Samariya, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1985 batch from the Telangana cadre, previously served as the Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. He was appointed as an Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission on November 7, 2020, before being elevated to the position of Chief Information Commissioner in 2023.