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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Saturday said that it ha approved the re-appointment of Ravi Agrawal, as Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex policy-making body of the Income Tax Department.
The government has extended the tenure of Ravi Agrawal as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) by another year. The CBDT is the apex policymaking body of the Income Tax Department, and its chairman and members are senior Indian Revenue Service officers.
The central board of direct taxes has become more focused on the taxpayer rather than enforcement, said Ravi Agrawal, CBDT chairman, at the Confederation of Indian Industry session on July 26.
Newly appointed CBDT chairman Ravi Agrawal has told Income Tax Department officials that the decisions they take have implications on the nation’s economy, ease of doing business and international transactions as he asked them to draw a 100-day action plan.
Mr. Ravi Agrawal, a 1988-batch IRS officer, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the administrative body for the Income Tax Department.