After Mr. Sushil Chandra appointed as Election Commissioner by the Central Government, IRS officer Pramod Chandra Mody on Friday took over as the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy making body of the Income Tax Department.
PC Mody, a 1982-batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre) officer, has worked in various capacities in the Income Tax Department, has been working as the Member (Administration) in the CBDT. He will be in office till June this year.
The CBDT is headed by a chairman and can have a maximum of six members. After the latest appointment, there is a vacancy of two more members in the board.
