Overview

• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) now includes four new members: Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Sanjay Bahadur, L Rajasekhar Reddy, and G Aparna Rao.
• All appointees are 1989-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers with extensive experience in tax administration and finance.
• The appointments were approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) and formalized through an order by the Department of Personnel & Training.
• These new members fill key vacancies in the CBDT, which oversees direct tax policy, compliance, and anti-evasion efforts in India.
• The additions aim to enhance the board’s decision-making capacity as the government focuses on expanding the tax base and improving compliance.