CBDT gets three new members

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has named three 1982 batch revenue service officers as members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), which currently has only two members apart from the chairman.

They are :
1. Neena Kumar
2. Akhilesh Ranjan
3. Prasana Kumar Dash

The apex direct tax policy making body has total strenth of six members including its chairman. Now CBDT has one more vacancy to be filled, someone to handle investigations, a charge currently with chairman Sushil Chandra. At present, member PC Mody handles administration, revenue and taxpayer services, while Aditya Vikram, handles IT, computerization, audit and judicial matters.