Veteren
administrator and Sahitya Academy awardee Y.D Thongchi became Chief Information
Commissioner of Arunachal Pradesh on 1st March 2011. Governor J J singh exercising
the powers conferred by section 15 (3) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, has
appointed Thongchi as state CIC. The Governor administered the oath of office to
Thongchi as state CIC in the Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission at a brief
function at Raj Bhavan.