CBDT member JB Mohapatra gets additional charge of chairman

The Finance Ministry Jagannath Bidyadhar Mohapatra, Member, CBDT, has been given the additional charge of chairman of the direct taxes board for three months. The extended tenure of the incumbent chairman Pramod Chandra Mody ended on May 31.

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In February, he was given a third extension till May 31. Last week, the government had appointed three new members to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the administrative and policy-making body for the Income Tax Department.

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• Central Board of Direct Taxes Established: 1924.
• Central Board of Direct Taxes Headquarters: New Delhi.

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