Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs or Chairperson, CBIC is the senior most IRS (C&IT) officer in the Government of India. The Chairperson is the ex officio Secretary to the Government of India and also cadre controlling authority of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes). Vivek Chaturvedi, IRS (C&CE:90) is the present Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.
The Chairperson is equivalent to Secretary to Government of India and comes at position number 23 in Order of precedence of India.
The CBIC Chairperson is ex-officio secretary. The Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) is appointed by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) which is headed by the Prime Minister of India.
As the head of federal indirect tax administration, which touches the life of every Indian, the CBIC Chairperson plays a vital role in management of Indian economy and execution of economic policies of the government.
Emolument, accommodation and perquisites As the Chairperson, CBIC is of the rank of Secretary to Government of India, his/her salary is equivalent to Chief Secretaries of State Governments and to Vice Chief of Army Staff/Commanders, in the rank of Lieutenant General and equivalent ranks in Indian Armed Forces. +Chairperson, CBIC monthly pay and allowancesBase Salary as per 7th Pay Commission (Per month)Pay Matrix LevelSourcesPay Level 17 List of CBIC Chairpersons
+ Chairpersons of Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs S.No. Name From To44Vivek Chaturvedi01.12.2025Incumbent 43 Sanjay Agarwal 01.08.2023 30.11.2025 42 Vivek Johri 01.12.2021 31.07.2023 41 M. Ajit Kumar 03.02.2020 30.11.2021 40 John Joseph (I/C) 01.01.2020 02.02.2020 39 Pranab K. Das 01.01.2019 1.12.2019 38 S. Ramesh 01.07.2018 31.12.2018 37 Vanaja N. Sarana 01.04.2017 30.06.2018 36 Najib Shah 01.07.2015 31.03.2017 35 Kaushal Srivastava 03.11.2014 30.06.2015 34 J.M. Shanti Sundram 01.02.2014 31.10.2014 33 Praveen Mahajan 01.08.2012 31.01.2014 32 S.K. Goel 31.10.2011 31.07.2012 31 Sumit Dutt Majumder 01.12.2010 31.10.2011 30 V. Sridhar 31.07.2009 30.11.2010 29 P.C. Jha 01.04.2008 31.07.2009 28 S.K. Shingal 31.05.2007 31.03.2008 27 V.P. Singh 01.06.2006 31.05.2007 26 M. Jayaraman 08.07.2005 31.05.2006 25 A. K. Singh 02.06.2003 08.07.2005 24 M.K. Zutshi 21.06.2002 31.05.2003 23 K.L. Verma 31.10.2001 31.05.2002 22 Sukumar Shankar 31.03.2001 31.10.2001 21 B.P. Verma 01.06.2000 31.03.2001 20 S.D. Mohile 17.08.1998 31.05.2000 19 D.S. Solanki 01.04.1998 17.08.1998 18 R. Gopalnathan 04.07.1997 31.03.1998 17 S.D. Mohile 28.02.1997 03.07.1997 16 B.C. Rastogi 01.08.1996 28.02.1997 15 Tarun Roy 26.06.1995 31.07.1996 14 S.A. Govindraj 08.04.1993 30.04.1995 13 K.K. Dwivedi 01.07.1991 31.03.1993 12 B.R. Reddy 01.02.1991 30.06.1991 11 K.L. Rekhi 01.02.1989 31.01.1991 10 M.V.N. Rao 21.12.1987 31.01.1989 9 J. Datta 30.05.1985 21.12.1987 8 R.C. Mishra 12.10.1983 30.05.1985 7 G.S. Sawhney 01.10.1982 11.10.1983 6 S. Venkatesan 01.02.1979 30.09.1982 5 Jasjit Singh 10.12.1977 31.01.1979 4 M.G. Abrol 23.09.1976 09.12.1977 3 Jasjit Singh 28.01.1972 22.09.1976 2 D.P. Anand 14.03.1967 27.01.1972 1 B.N. Banerji 01.01.1964 13.03.1967
See also Ministry of Finance (India)#Department of Revenue Indian Revenue Service Indian Revenue Service (Custom & Indirect Taxes) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Taxation in India Goods and Services Tax (India) Taxation in India#Custom duty
References
External links Official Portal of the Indian Government Union Public Service Commission Organizational Chart of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) (archived in 2012 at Wayback Machine) Organisational setup of CBEC After Cadre Restructuring , NACEN, RTI, Kanpur, 19.02.2015