Three new members appointed in CBDT

Three IRS officers have been appointed as new members in the CBDT, the policy-making body for the I-T Department. The officers P K Dash, Akhilesh Ranjan and Neena Kumar, are from the 1982-batch of the Indian Revenue Service and have taken charge of their posts in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

While Dash was till now serving as the principal chief commissioner of I-T in Bhopal, Ranjan and Kumar have been serving as the PCCSIT in Delhi. With the new members, the CBDT will now be a full house after a long time.

The board has strength of five members and a chairman. The two other members of the CBDT are IRS officers Aditya Vikram, PC Mody while the board’s Chairman is Sushil Chandra.