Question: Where was the two-day 11th Annual Convention of Central Information Commission (CIC) held?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Lucknow
(c) New Delhi
(d) Bangaluru
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 7-8 November 2016; 11th Annual Convention of Central Information Commission (CIC) was held in New Delhi.
- It was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
- During the inauguration, the Home Minister launched the e-Court software which is under implementation in the Commission with the help of National Informatics Centre.
- The book has been prepared for the Commission by Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration.
- Chief Information Commissioner, R.K. Mathur also informed that the CIC has digitised about 1.5 lakh files.
- The inauguration function was followed by various sessions on topics such as RTI in Railways, RTI Web portal by DoPT, RTI in Public Sector Undertakings, RTI in Banking/Insurance, Academic papers on RTI and RTI in States.
Reference:
http://cic.gov.in/sites/default/files/CallForPapers.pdf
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=153254
http://www.rajnathsingh.in/shri-rajnath-singh-inaugurates-the-11th-annual-convention-of-cic/