Arunachal Pradesh was brought under the provisions of the Right to Information Act 2005 with the swearing-in of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and three Information Commissioners here on Thurdsay.
Governor S K Singh administered the oath of office to N Yongan, a former Rajya Sabha MP, as CIC and Bani Danggen, H Payang and Nipo Nabam as Information Commissioners at Raj Bhavan.
In a brief speech prior to the swearing in, the Governor reminded the Information Commissioners of their responsibilities to ensure that the people get information which they seek out of the state for the sake of transparency.