The government has approved the extension of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Pramod Chandra Mody's tenure by a year. Mody, who is a 1982-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, was to retire on August 31, 2019. Mody took over as the Chairman in February 2019, after the then CBDT chief Sushil Chandra was appointed as the Election Commissioner.