CBDT to get a new department to deal with tax crimes

In order to empower the Income Tax department to robustly deal with tax crimes related to illegal activities, the Government has decided to set up a "directorate of criminal investigation "within the Income Tax Department. Annual conference of Chief Commissioners and Directors General of Income Tax.Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee announced this while addressing the Annual conference of Chief Commissioners and Directors General of Income Tax.
Apart from this he also stated that a National Information Utilities for CBDT has been approved. The National Information Utilities is being set up with the objective of providing operational flexibility and space for the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to rollout innovative services to taxpayers.