Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes

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Central Board of Direct Taxes
केंद्रीय प्रत्यक्ष कर बोर्ड
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Incumbent
Ravi Agarwal, IRS (IT:1988)
since 1 July 2024
Income Tax Department (IT)
StatusActive
AbbreviationCBDT
Reports to Government of India
Residence North Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi
Appointer Finance minister of India
The appointee for the office is approved by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister [a]
Term length No fixed tenure is imposed on the office but term can be extended
Inaugural holderJamuna Prasad Singh
Formation1964
Salary₹225,000 (US$2,700)
Website https://www.irsofficersonline.gov.in/

The Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the senior-most IRS (IT) civil servant in the Government of India. The Chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the Special Secretary to the Government of India and also cadre controlling authority of the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax).

Contents

The CBDT Chairperson is a Special Secretary and reports to 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]

Functions

The following are the functions of the Chairman:

Emolument, accommodation and perquisites

As the Chairperson, CBDT is of the rank of Secretary to Government of India, his/her salary is equivalent [5] to Chief Secretaries of State Governments and to Vice Chief of Army Staff/Commanders, in the rank of Lieutenant General and equivalent ranks in Indian Armed Forces. [5]

Chairperson, CBDT monthly pay and allowances
Base Salary as per 7th Pay Commission (Per month)Pay Matrix LevelSources
₹225,000 (US$2,700)Pay Level 17 [6]

List of CBDT Chairpersons

CBDT Chairpersons since Inception [7]
NameTenureNotes
Jamuna Prasad Singh1964 - 1967First ever CBDT Chairman
S A I Navapna Raw1967 - 1968
K S Sundara Rajan1968 - 1969Went on to become Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
R N Muttoo1969 - 1971
R D Shah1971 - 1974
S R Mehta1974 - 1977
S Narayan1977 - 1978
V V Badami1978 - 1979
O V Kuravilla1979 - 1981Went on to become Chairman of Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission
Jagdish Chand1981 - 1983
V Chidambaram1983 - 1984
N Subramanian1984 - 1985
M S Narayanan1985 - 1986
Chand K. Tikku1986 - 1988Went on to become Vice Chairman of MP Administrative Reforms Commission
G N Gupta1988 - 1989
A S Thind1989 - 1989
T N Pandey1989 - 1990Went on to become Member of Direct Tax Reforms Committee
A V Swaminathan1990 - 1991
A K Ghosh1991 - 1992Was appointed as Chairman of Supreme Fact-Finding Committee related to Harshad Mehta Scam
S Ramamurthi1992 - 1993
R S Rathore1993 - 1994
Dr. N R Sivaswamy1994 - 1994
T R Srinivasan1994 - 1995
N Rangachary1995 - 1996Went on to become Chairman of the IRDA
G K Mishra1996 - 1997
S N Shende1997 - 1997
Ravi Kant1997 - 2000
S K Nigam2000 - 2000Was appointed as Special Advisor to FM on Taxation
A Balasubramanian2000 - 2001
O P Srivastava2001 - 2001
P K Sharma2002 - 2003
P L Singh2003 - 2004
Shobha Majumdar2004 - 2005First woman to be a CBDT Chairperson [8]
Berjinder Singh2005 - 2005
M S Darda2005 - 2005
M M Kherawala2006 - 2006Second woman to be a CBDT Chairperson [9]
Indira Bhargawa2006 - 2007Third woman to be a CBDT Chairperson [10]
B M Singh2007 - 2007Went on to become Member of ITSC
R Prasad2007 - 2008Went to become Member of Competition Commission of India (CCI) till 2013
P K Mishra2008 - 2008Went on to become Chairperson, Adjudicating Authority, Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA),Ministry of Finance till 2013
R S Mathoda2008 - 2008
N B Singh2008 - 2009
S S N Moorthy2009 - 2010Went on to become Member of Securities Appellate Tribunal
Sudhir Chandra2011 - 2011
Prakash Chandra2011 - 2011
M C Joshi2011 - 2012Was Chairman of Black Money Committee appointed by Prime Minister
Laxman Das2012 - 2012
Poonam K Saxena2012 - 2013
Sudha Sharma2013 - 2014
R K Tewari2014 - 2014
K. V. Chowdary 1 August 2014 – 31 October 2014Went on to become CVC [11]
Anita Kapur1 November 2014 - 30 November 2015Went on to become member of Competition Appellate Tribunal
Arun Kumar Jain15 Dec 2015 - 30 January 2016
Atulesh Jindal1 February 2016 - 31 July 2016
Rani Singh Nair1 August 2016 - 31 October 2016
Sushil Chandra 1 November 2016- 14 February 2019Went on to become chief Election Commissioner at ECI [12]
Pramod Chandra Mody 15 February 2019- 31 May 2021Became Secretary General of Rajya Sabha in the rank of Cabinet Secretary. Longest Serving Chairman since Feb 15, 2019 to 31 May 2021. [13]
Jagannath Bidyadhar Mahapatra1 June 2021-30 April 2022From 1 June 2021 to August 2021, he served as the Acting Chairperson
Sangeeta Singh (additional charge)2 May 2022 – 30 June 2022
Nitin Gupta1 July 2022-30 June 2024Later Chairman National Financial Reporting Authority.
Ravi Agarwal1 July 2024-Incumbent

Notes

  1. ↑ The CBDT Chairperson is usually the senior most IRS officer of the senior most batch.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official website of the Department of Revenue, Government of India
  2. 1 2 Income Tax India Archived 2013-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ IRS: CBDT Chairman, Members and their Contact Details
  4. ↑ CBEC, CBDT to chart plan to recover Kingfisher Airlines dues - The Times of India the chairman of CBDT
  5. 1 2 "Army Pay Rules, 2017" (PDF). Ministry of Defence, Government of India . May 3, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India" (PDF). Seventh Central Pay Commission, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 20, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  7. ↑ "CBDT Past Chairman".
  8. ↑ "Breaking the glass ceiling in India's tax administration". Sify .[ dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Breaking the glass ceiling in India's tax administration". Sify .[ dead link ]
  10. ↑ "Breaking the glass ceiling in India's tax administration". Sify .[ dead link ]
  11. ↑ "SC upholds appointment of KV Chowdary as CVC". Business Standard India. 2 July 2018.
  12. ↑ Pandey, Devesh K. (14 February 2019). "CBDT chief Sushil Chandra appointed as Election Commissioner". The Hindu.
  13. ↑ "Pramod Chandra Mody named as the next CBDT chairman". Live mint. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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