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Correct Answer :
B. Heeralal Samariya
Heeralal Samariya assumed the role of Chief Information Commissioner on November 6, 2023, in the Central Information Commission. The 63-year-old retired IAF officer of the 1985 batch was born in the remote village of Pahadi in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. Mr. Samariya has held positions as Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, and Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Telangana.
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