New Delhi, Feb 16 (KNN) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officer Pramod Chandra Mody took over as the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy making body of the Income Tax Department.

Mody, a 1982-batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax Cadre) officer has been appointed in place of Sushil Chandra, who was named as Election Commissioner ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due this summer.

Mody, who has worked in various capacities in the I-T Department, has been working as the Member (Administration) in the CBDT.

The CBDT is headed by a chairman and can have a maximum of six members.

After the latest appointment, there is a vacancy of two more members in the board.

He will be in office till June this year. (KNN Bureau)