Raj Kumar Goyal Takes Oath As Chief Information Commissioner

A three-member panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week recommended Mr. Goyal's name as the CIC. Mr. Goyal is a 1990-batch (retired) Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT)



cadre. 

He superannuated as Secretary, Department of Justice under the Ministry of Law and Justice, on August 31. He has also served as Secretary (Border Management) in the Home Ministry and held key posts both at the Centre and in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir. 

President Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Goyal at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.