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*The Chairman and members of the SHRC shall be appointed by the Governor. But they are removed only by the President.
*The Chairman and members of the SHRC shall hold office for a term 5 years or upto the age of 70 years which ever is earlier.
*The first Chairman of the Kerala state Human Rights commission
Ans : Justice M.M. Pareethu Pillai
*Present Chairman of the Kerala State Human Rights Commission
Ans : P. Mohana Das (acting)
RIGHT TO INFORMATION
*Sweden is the first country to pass Right to Information Act
*Right to Information Act was passed by the Indian Parliament on 15th June 2005.
*It came into force on 12th October 2005
*The organization which was instrumental in the passage of the R TI Act
Ans : Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
*Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan was founded in Rajastan. It was founded by Aruna Roy along with Shankar Singh and Nikhil Dey.
*Tamil Nadu is the first state in India to pass RTI Act, which passed in 1997 even before the enactment by the Parliament.
*The R T I Act is applicable to all states and Union Territories except Jammu & Kashmir
*August Kranti Bhavan, (New Delhi) is the head quarters of Central Information Commission.
*Central and State Information Commissions consist of a chief information commissioner and not more than 10 information commissioners.
*However, at present Central Information Commission consists of Eight members including the Chief Information Commissioner.
*Central chief information commissioner and commissioners are appointed by the president on the recommendation of a committee consisting of
(1)The Prime Minister
(2)The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha
(3)A union cabinet minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister.
