New Members of the Central Board of Excise and Customs

R K Mahajan, Mahender Singh appointed CBEC members

Question: Who have been recently appointed as the new members of Central Board of Excise and Customs?
(a) R K Mahajan and Mahender Singh
(b) Ajit Seth and Kaushal Singh
(c) Ajeet Kumar Shrivastav and Shabri Bhattshali
(d) Rajendra Kumar and VN Sarna
Ans: (a)

  • Senior bureaucrats R K Mahajan and Mahender Singh were appointed as members in the Central Board of Excise and Customs on May 09, 2017.
  • Mr. Mahajan is the director general of Central Excise Intelligence and Mr. Singh is the director general (audit).
  • The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved their appointment as members in CBEC.
  • CBEC, the apex policy-making body for indirect taxes, has only two members — Ananya Ray and S Ramesh — against the sanctioned strength of six.
  • With the appointment of Mahajan and Singh, only two posts are left to be filled up.
  • Senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Vanaja N Sarna is the CBEC’s chairperson.
  • Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is a part of the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It deals with the tasks of formulation of policy concerning levy and collection of Customs & Central Excise duties and Service Tax, prevention of smuggling and administration of matters relating to Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax and Narcotics to the extent under CBEC’s purview.
  • The Board is the administrative authority for its subordinate organizations, including Custom Houses, Central Excise and Service Tax Commissionerates and the Central Revenues Control Laboratory.

Reference:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gst-r-k-mahajan-mahender-singh-appointed-cbec-members-117050900344_1.html
http://www.cbec.gov.in/htdocs-cbec/whoweare/whoweare