D B Gupta appointed as new chief information commissioner of Rajasthan

JAIPUR: Governor Kalraj Mishra on Friday appointed former chief secretary D B Gupta to the post of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of the state. Along with them, senior journalist Narayan Bareth and Sheetal Dhankhar have been appointed as information commissioners.
With this appointment, the strength of the commission has increased to five. The other members of the commission are Rajendra Prasad Barwar and Laxman Singh Rathore.The commission can have a maximum of 10 information commissioners.
After his sudden removal from the post of chief secretary just two months before superannuation in July this year, Gupta has been functioning as an advisor to the chief minister.
Gupta’s term will be for three years. He will continue as the CIC till December 2023. The CIC is appointed for a period of three years or 65 years of age, whichever is earlier.
Gupta has become the fourth CIC of the state. His predecessors are M D Korani, T Srinivasan and Suresh Chaudhary. There was no regular CIC in the commission since the retirement of Suresh Chaudhary in December 25, 2018.
Bareth is a senior journalist. He had served as BBC correspondent and had also a brief stint in academics with Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Sheetal Dhankhar is the daughter of Congress leader Randeep Dhankhar and the niece of West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. She is a social worker.