Indian FinMin Officer Rasmi Ranjan Das among 25 global tax experts appointed to UN Tax Committee

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Rasmi Ranjan Das, a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, has been appointed as a member of the UN Tax Committee, by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
She has been appointed for five year term, from 2021 to 2025.
Das is among the 25 tax experts from around the world who has been appointed as a member of the UN tax committee.
She is Joint Secretary, (FT&TR-I), Central Board of Direct Taxes, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.
Other members of the UN Tax Committee are from countries such as Nigeria, Chile, South Korea, Malawi, Mexico, Ireland, Indonesia, Myanmar, Angola, Russia, Canada, Norway, Germany, Italy, Sweden and China.
The UN Tax Committee (formally known as the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters), works towards international cooperation on domestic and international tax matters to develop guidance and encourage an inclusive setting of norms and policies.
It assists countries in their efforts to prevent double or multiple taxations as well as non-taxation, broaden their tax base, strengthen their tax administrations, and curb international tax evasion and avoidance.