NEW DELHI: Senior bureaucrat Sushil Chandra was today given one-year extension till May 2018 as chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
He had taken over as chief of CBDT, the apex policy making body of the Income Tax department, on November 1 last year.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for re-appointment of Chandra as CBDT chairman for a period of one year from June 1 to May 31, 2018, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.
Chandra, an IIT graduate, is a 1980 batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre). (AGENCIES)
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