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Sushma Singh

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Sushma Singh
Chief Information Commissioner of India
In office
19 December 2013 – 21 May 2014
Preceded byDeepak Sandhu
Succeeded byRajiv Mathur
Personal details
NationalityIndian

Sushma Singh is an Indian Administrative Service officer and the fifth Chief Information Commissioner of India.[1] She succeeded Deepak Sandhu and became the second woman to be appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner.[2]

Professional career

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She is a former Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Jharkhand cadre. She retired from Indian Administrative Service on 31 May 2009.[3] She has served at various Secretarial positions in the Government of India namely Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry for the Development of the North Eastern Region (DONER).[1] Singh became Information Commissioner on 23 September 2009 in the Central Information Commission.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sushma Singh takes oath as CIC". The Hindu. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Information Commissioner Sushma Singh to take over as CIC". The Economic Times. 5 December 2013. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Sushma Singh appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner". DNA. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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