Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sushil Chandra was appointed as an Election Commissioner, the Law Ministry said on Thursday, 14 February.
Chandra, an IIT graduate, is a 1980 batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre).
With his appointment, the commission now has Sunil Arora as the Chief Election Commissioner and Ashok Lavasa and Chandra as fellow commissioners.
Chandra was appointed as chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex policy making body for the Income Tax department in October 2016.
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