Income Tax Cadre Review – A review
One reason for restructuring of the department, as stated in the Cabinet Note, was poor career management and promotion prospects resulting in demoralization of officers in the Indian Revenue Service making them lag behind other comparable Central Services. And so, several posts were created, but not all of them filled up. This indicated that these posts would be redundant and not necessary. Incidentally, according to the instructions of Ministry of Finance in O.M No7 (7)-E (Co-ord)/93 dated 3 May 1993, these posts would be deemed to have been abolished if they continued to remain unfilled for a period exceeding one year. Should there be another review to abolish these posts?
At What Cost?
The Board did not have a mechanism to monitor the progress of its promise of a saving of Rs.3.05 crore on salaries and wages consequent to upgradation of posts after restructuring as no separate accounts were maintained. So nobody knows whether the costs really came down.