<p class="title">In a first, the chief information commissioner and information commissioners will take a 30-per cent cut in their basic salary to contribute to government's move to pool in all resources to face "unprecedented damage" caused to the economy due to <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">COVID-19</a>, a CIC resolution said on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The matter was discussed during an extraordinary meeting of the Central Information Commission on April 10 through video-conferencing and it was decided that CIC Bimal Julka and all the six information commissioners will take a voluntary 30 per cent deduction in their basic salary for a year starting April 1, 2020, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The commission said it recognises the"unprecedented damage” caused to the economy by the pandemic and efforts made by the government to meet the challenges of this national crisis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Information Commissioner gets Rs 2.50 lakh per month salary minus pension while Information Commissioners get Rs 2.25 lakh minus pension.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The CIC, highest adjudicating body for RTI matters under the transparency law, has a chief information commissioner and six information commissioners, with four positions of information commissioners currently vacant.</p>
<p class="title">In a first, the chief information commissioner and information commissioners will take a 30-per cent cut in their basic salary to contribute to government's move to pool in all resources to face "unprecedented damage" caused to the economy due to <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">COVID-19</a>, a CIC resolution said on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The matter was discussed during an extraordinary meeting of the Central Information Commission on April 10 through video-conferencing and it was decided that CIC Bimal Julka and all the six information commissioners will take a voluntary 30 per cent deduction in their basic salary for a year starting April 1, 2020, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The commission said it recognises the"unprecedented damage” caused to the economy by the pandemic and efforts made by the government to meet the challenges of this national crisis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Information Commissioner gets Rs 2.50 lakh per month salary minus pension while Information Commissioners get Rs 2.25 lakh minus pension.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The CIC, highest adjudicating body for RTI matters under the transparency law, has a chief information commissioner and six information commissioners, with four positions of information commissioners currently vacant.</p>