Subhir Chandra is CBDT chairman

Having accepted the Mankad committee recommendation which limits the tenure of CBDT chairman to one year, Sudhir Chandra IRS 1973 Member Investigation assumed charges on Friday in place of retiring Chairman SSN Murthy. Prior to this new role, Mr Chandra, a 1973-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, has been Member (Investigation) in CBDT since February 2009.

Mr Chandra tenure who is the senior most members was to expire early next year but now under the line of Mankad committee recommendation he will have full one year tenure.