Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes
The Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the senior-most IRS (IT) civil servant in the Government of India. The Chairperson of CBDT is the ex officio Special Secretary to the Government of India and also cadre controlling authority of the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax).
| Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes of Government of India | |
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 Emblem of India | |
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 Pramod Chandra Mody, IRS (IT) since 15 February 2019 | |
| Residence | North Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi |
| Appointer | Finance Minister of India The CBDT Chairperson is usually the senior most IRS (IT) officer of the senior most batch. The appointee for the office is approved by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister |
| Term length | No fixed tenure is imposed on the office but term can be extended |
| Inaugural holder | Jamuna Prasad Singh |
| Formation | 1944 |
| Salary | ₹225,000 (US$3,200) |
| Website | Official website |
The CBDT Chairperson is ex-officio special secretary and is under the direct charge of the Revenue Secretary of India.[1] He is placed equivalent to officers of the rank of Lieutenant-General, Vice-Admiral or Air Marshal, CBI Director and Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General in the Order of Precedence.[2]
The current Chairperson of CBDT is Pramod Chandra Mody. Mody, a 1982-batch IRS (IT) officer, who succeeded Sushil Chandra[3]
Functions
The following are the functions of the Chairman:
- Administrative planning of the IT Department.
- Act as advisor and conscience keeper of the IRS.
- Handle senior appointments.
- Transfers and postings of officers in the cadre of Chief Commissioner of Income-tax and Commissioner of Income-tax.
- Matters dealt with in the Foreign Tax and Tax Research Division, except matters under Section 80-O of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
- Ensure that the Cabinet decisions are implemented
- Advise the Finance Minister of India.
- All matters relating to Central and Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committees and Consultative Committee of the Parliament.
- Public Grievances.
- Provide an element of continuity and stability to administration during crises.[2][4][5]
List of CBDT Chairpersons
| Name | Tenure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jamuna Prasad Singh | 1964 - 1967 | First ever CBDT Chairman |
| S A I Navapna Raw | 1967 - 1968 | |
| K S Sundara Rajan | 1968 - 1969 | |
| R N Muttoo | 1969 - 1971 | |
| R D Shah | 1971 - 1974 | |
| S R Mehta | 1974 - 1977 | |
| S Narayan | 1977 - 1978 | |
| V V Badani | 1978 - 1979 | |
| O V Kuravilla | 1979 - 1981 | |
| Jagdish Chand | 1981 - 1983 | |
| V Chidambaram | 1983 - 1984 | |
| N Subramanian | 1984 - 1985 | |
| M S Narayanan | 1985 - 1986 | |
| Chand K. Tikku | 1986 - 1988 | |
| G N Gupta | 1988 - 1989 | |
| A S Thind | 1989 - 1989 | |
| T N Pandey | 1989 - 1990 | |
| A V Swaminathan | 1990 - 1991 | |
| A K Ghosh | 1991 - 1992 | |
| S Ramamurthi | 1992 - 1993 | |
| R S Rathore | 1993 - 1994 | |
| Dr. N R Sivaswamy | 1994 - 1994 | |
| T R Srinivasan | 1994 - 1995 | |
| N Rangachary | 1995 - 1996 | |
| G K Mishra | 1996 - 1997 | |
| S N Shende | 1997 - 1997 | |
| Ravi Kant | 1997 - 2000 | |
| S K Nigam | 2000 - 2000 | |
| A Balasubramanian | 2000 - 2001 | |
| O P Srivastava | 2001 - 2001 | |
| P K Sharma | 2002 - 2003 | |
| P L Singh | 2003 - 2004 | |
| Shobha Majumdar | 2004 - 2005 | First woman to be a CBDT Chairperson[7] |
| Berjinder Singh | 2005 - 2005 | |
| M S Darda | 2005 - 2005 | |
| M M Kherawala | 2006 - 2006 | Second woman to be a CBDT Chairperson[8] |
| Indira Bhargawa | 2006 - 2007 | Third woman to be a CBDT Chairperson[9] |
| B M Singh | 2007 - 2007 | |
| R Prasad | 2007 - 2008 | Went to become Member of Competition Commission of India (CCI) till 2013 |
| P K Mishra | 2008 - 2008 | |
| R S Mathoda | 2008 - 2008 | |
| N B Singh | 2008 - 2009 | |
| S S N Moorthy | 2009 - 2010 | |
| Sudhir Chandra | 2011 - 2011 | |
| Prakash Chandra | 2011 - 2011 | |
| M C Joshi | 2011 - 2012 | |
| Laxman Das | 2012 - 2012 | |
| Poonam K Saxena | 2012 - 2013 | |
| Sudha Sharma | 2013 - 2014 | |
| R K Tewari | 2014 - 2014 | |
| K V Chowdhary | 2014 - 2014 | Went on to become CVC [10] |
| Anita Kapur | 2014 - 2015 | |
| Arun Kumar Jain | 2015 - 2016 | |
| Atulesh Jindal | 2016 - 2016 | |
| Rani Singh Nair | 2016 - 2016 | |
| Shushil Chandra | 2016-2019 | Went on to become Election Commissioner at ECI [11] |
| Pramod Chandra Mody | 2019-Present | Current CBDT Chairman since Feb 15, 2019[12] |
References
- Official website of the Department of Revenue, Government of India
- Income Tax India Archived 2013-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
- "Pramod Chandra Mody takes over as new CBDT chairman". 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- IRS: CBDT Chairman, Members and their Contact Details
- CBEC, CBDT to chart plan to recover Kingfisher Airlines dues - The Times of India the chairman of CBDT
- "CBDT Past Chairman".
- "Breaking the glass ceiling in India's tax administration".
- "Breaking the glass ceiling in India's tax administration".
- "Breaking the glass ceiling in India's tax administration".
- "SC upholds appointment of KV Chowdary as CVC".
- "CBDT chief Sushil Chandra appointed as Election Commissioner".
- "Pramod Chandra Mody named as the next CBDT chairman".
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