• The Appointments Committee will be headed by the Chief Minister. Other members include the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly and one Cabinet Minister nominated by the Chief Minister.
• The qualifications for appointment as SCIC/SIC shall be the same as that for Central Commissioners.
• The salary of the State Chief Information Commissioner will be the same as that of an Election Commissioner. The salary of the State Information Commissioner will be the same as that of the Chief Secretary of the State Government. (S.15)

• The State Information Commission will be constituted by the State Government through a Gazette notification. It will have one State Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC) and not more than 10 State Information Commissioners (SIC) to be appointed by the Governor.
• Oath of office will be administered by the Governor according to the form set out in the First Schedule.
• The headquarters of the State Information Commission shall be at such place as the State Government may specify.

• IC shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office or till he attains the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier and shall not be eligible for reappointment as IC.
• Salary will be the same as that of the Election Commissioner. This will not be varied to the disadvantage of the IC during service.
• IC is eligible for appointment as CIC but will not hold office for more than a total of five years including his/her term as IC. (S.13)

• CIC shall be appointed for a term of 5 years from date on which he enters upon his office or till he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
• CIC is not eligible for reappointment.
• Salary will be the same as that of the Chief Election Commissioner. This will not be varied to the disadvantage of the CIC during service. (S.13)

• Candidates for CIC/IC must be persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and experience in law, science and technology, social service, management, journalism, mass media or administration and governance.
• CIC/IC shall not be a Member of Parliament or Member of the Legislature of any State or Union Territory. He shall not hold any other office of profit or connected with any political party or carrying on any business or pursuing any profession.

• Central Information Commission to be constituted by the Central Government through a Gazette Notification.
• Commission includes 1 Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and not more than 10 Information Commissioners (IC) who will be appointed by the President of India.
• Oath of Office will be administered by the President of India according to the form set out in the First Schedule.
• Commission shall have its Headquarters in Delhi.

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• If it is covered by exemption from disclosure. (S.8)
• If it infringes copyright of any person other than the State. (S.9)

• Application fees to be prescribed which must be reasonable.
• If further fees are required, then the same must be intimated in writing with calculation details of how the figure was arrived at;
• Applicant can seek review of the decision on fees charged by the PIO by applying to the appropriate Appellate Authority;
• No fees will be charged from people living below the poverty line
  Applicant must be provided information free of cost if the PIO fails to comply with the prescribed time limit.

• 30 days from the date of application
• 48 hours for information concerning the life and liberty of a person
• 5 days shall be added to the above response time, in case the application for information is given to Assistant Public Information Officer.
• If the interests of a third party are involved then time limit will be 40 days (maximum period + time given to the party to make representation).
• Failure to provide information within the specified period is a deemed refusal.