Senior bureaucrat Vivek Johri was appointed as the chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on November 28, 2021.

Key Points

• Vivek Johri is a 1985-batch Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) officer.
• He is currently working as the member in the CBIC.
• His appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
• He was appointed as tenure of former chairman M Ajit Kumar ends in the month of November 2021.

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)

CBIC is the nodal national agency to administer GST, Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax & Narcotics in India. The Customs & Central Excise department was established by the British Governor General of India in 1855, for administering customs laws and for collecting import duties or land revenue. CBIC is one of the oldest government departments in India.