Only Income Tax Officers can become CBEC Members?
The CBEC web site informs that one of the essential qualifications to become a Member of the CBEC is 15 years experience in administering and running the direct tax administration in the Central Government ...
This is apparently a simple mistake – but what one wonders is how could they change ‘indirect' to ‘direct' in the original letter received from DOR ? It needs a lot of ingenuity.
Check out this faux pas at http://www.cbec.gov.in/deptt_offcr/member-cbec0910.pdf