Live tracker

Current composition of the Central Information Commission, pendency figures, and recent notifications from the Department of Personnel and Training. Figures on this page are maintained by hand and carry the date on which they were last recorded. Readers who need authoritative real-time figures should consult the primary source cited against each entry.

• Raj Kumar Goyal. Sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner in December 2025. See Raj Kumar Goyal sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner; CIC reaches full strength for the appointment note.
• Predecessor. Heeralal Samariya demitted office on 13 September 2025.

The Central Information Commission returned to its full sanctioned strength of one Chief Information Commissioner and ten Information Commissioners in December 2025. It was the first time the Commission stood at full strength in nine years. See the appointment note for the context.

The current list of serving Information Commissioners is maintained on the Central Information Commission website. Readers are advised to verify the list against that source.

Figures below are drawn from the Satark Nagrik Sangathan Report on the Performance of Information Commissions in India, 2024-25 and from the annual returns published by the Commissions.

• State Information Commissions. Aggregate pendency across State Information Commissions crossed four lakh appeals and complaints in 2024-25. A state-wise breakdown is in Right to Information at twenty: the Information Commissions' report card for 2024-25.
• Central Information Commission. Pendency figures are to be read from the Commission's latest annual return. The figures are to be updated on this page when the next return is published.

• 14 November 2025. The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 were notified in the Gazette of India. Section 44(3) of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 became operational and replaced the proviso to Section 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. A practitioner note is at DPDP Rules, 2025: The amendment to Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.
• 12 October 2025. Twentieth anniversary of the commencement of the Right to Information Act, 2005. The Satark Nagrik Sangathan report card was released on the same day. See Right to Information at twenty.
• 13 September 2025. Chief Information Commissioner Heeralal Samariya demitted office.
• December 2025. Raj Kumar Goyal sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner. Commission returned to full strength.

This page is maintained by hand. Figures are drawn from public sources on the date shown against each entry and are not refreshed automatically. The page carries a date-of-last-review at the foot. Readers who need authoritative real-time figures should consult the primary source cited for each entry.

1. Central Information Commission, official website.
2. Satark Nagrik Sangathan, Report on the Performance of Information Commissions in India, 2024-25.
3. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, notification of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, dated 14 November 2025.
4. Press Information Bureau releases on the appointment of the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners.

Last reviewed on: 19 April 2026 — RTI Wiki editorial team.

• Appearance of Advocate /Non Advocate in the hearing.
• Format for giving information to the applicants.
• Ministers Under RTI.
• Raj Kumar Goyal sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner; CIC reaches full strength.
• Right to Information at twenty: the Information Commissions' report card for 2024-25.