Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes in June 2022?

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  1. Nitin Gupta
  2. Nidhi Chibber
  3. Ashish Jha
  4. M Jagadesh Kumar

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Option 1 : Nitin Gupta
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Key Points

  • IRS officer Nitin Gupta has been appointed as the new Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman.
  • Mr Gupta is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1986 batch of the Income Tax cadre and is currently serving as the Member (investigation) in CBDT.
  • The post of the CBDT chief was being held in an additional capacity by Board member and 1986-batch IRS officer Sangeeta Singh.

Additional Information

  • Important Appointments:
    • Former IAS officer BVR Subrahmanyam was appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog.
    • New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries has appointed Dr D J Pandian as the Director-General of its India Regional Office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
    • Senior Diplomat Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.
    • Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on 15 June 2022 appointed Hamza Abdi Barre as the country's Prime Minister.
    • Justice Bhimanagouda Sanganagouda Patil has been appointed as the new Lokayukta of Karnataka.
    • President Ram Nath Kovind has given Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty the additional charge of the Lokpal chairperson.​
    • Dinkar Gupta, a 1987-batch IPS officer and former chief of Punjab Police, has been appointed Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

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