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{{Short description|Indian government officer}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = [[Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs|Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs]]
| native_name = केंद्रीय अप्रत्यक्ष कर एवं सीमा शुल्क बोर्ड
| nativenamea = 
| nativenamer = 
| body = 
| insignia = 
| insigniasize = 150px
| image = 
| insigniacaption = Logo of CBIC
| seat = North Block, [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi]]
| appointer = [[Finance Minister of India]]
| appointer_qualified = {{raise|0.3em|The CBIC Chairperson is usually the senior most [[Indian Revenue Service (Custom & Indirect Taxes)|IRS (C&IT)]] officer of the senior most batch. The appointee for the office is approved by [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]] headed by Prime Minister}}
| termlength = {{raise|0.0em|No fixed tenure is imposed on the office but term can be extended}}
| inaugural = B.N. Banerji
| incumbent = Vivek Chaturvedi, [[Indian Revenue Service|IRS]] (C&CE:90)
| incumbentsince = 1 December 2025
| formation = 1964
| salary = {{INRConvert|225|k}}
| website = {{Official website|https://www.cbic.gov.in/htdocs-cbec/home_links/chairman-desk}}
}}

'''Chairperson, [[Central Board of Excise and Customs|Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs]]''' or '''Chairperson, CBIC''' is the senior most [[Indian Revenue Service (Custom & Indirect Taxes)|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 (Custom & Indirect Taxes)|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 [[Indian order of precedence|Order of precedence of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cenpenindia.blogspot.com/2014/12/indian-revenue-service-indian-revenue.html|title=Cenpen India}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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<ref name="Army Pay Rules">{{cite web|url=http://www.mod.nic.in/sites/default/files/ArmyPayRules.pdf|title=Army Pay Rules, 2017|date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], [[Government of India]]|url-status=live|accessdate=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622060157/http://www.mod.nic.in:80/sites/default/files/ArmyPayRules.pdf |archive-date=2017-06-22 }}</ref> to [[Chief Secretary (India)|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]].<ref name="Army Pay Rules" />
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|+'''Chairperson, CBIC monthly pay and allowances'''
!Base Salary as per [[7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) and Defence Forces|7th Pay Commission]] (Per month)
!Pay Matrix Level
!Sources
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|{{INRConvert|225000}}
|Pay Level 17
|<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report">{{cite web|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf|title=Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India|publisher=Seventh Central [[Pay Commission]], [[Government of India]]|url-status=dead|accessdate=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf|archive-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dor.gov.in/sites/default/files/Chairman%2C%20CBIC.pdf|title = }}</ref>
|}
==List of CBIC Chairpersons==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Chairpersons of Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbic.gov.in/htdocs-cbec/home_links/chairman-desk-past|title = Chairman's Desk}}</ref>
|-
! S.No. !! Name !! From !! To
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|44
|Vivek Chaturvedi
|01.12.2025
|Incumbent
|-
| 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==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110417031235/http://www.india.gov.in/ Official Portal of the Indian Government]
* [http://upsc.gov.in/ Union Public Service Commission]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511043909/http://dor.gov.in/sites/upload_files/revenue/files/cbecnew.pdf Organizational Chart of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC)] (archived in 2012 at [[Wayback Machine]])
* [https://www.nacenkanpur.gov.in/download3.inc.php?rid=65 Organisational setup of CBEC After Cadre Restructuring] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904233000/http://www.nacenkanpur.gov.in/download3.inc.php?rid=65 |date=2017-09-04 }}, [[NACEN]], RTI, Kanpur, 19.02.2015

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