Income-Tax Department facing acute workforce shortage

The sanctioned and the working strength of the officers/staff in the Income Tax Department/Directorates  as on 31.3.2012 are given as under:-

The Investigation Directorates, Intelligence and Criminal Investigation   Directorate and Central Charges of the Income-Tax Department are facing acute    workforce shortage which is hampering their effective functioning.

A proposal for cadre restructuring of the Income Tax Department is  under process separately.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri S.S. Palanimanickam  in written reply to a question in Lok  Sabha today.