FM Sitharaman directs Income Tax dept to work for benefit of common people
Sitharaman said these experiences, despite serving in the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), would have given them an idea of what the common man goes through.An IRS officer has the name of the Income Tax department behind him, a "powerful force to frighten people", Ms. Sitharaman reminded, adding that despite this, the officials had to run from pillar to post to get clearances from authorities to proceed with work on the 13-floor building."Can this [experience] incentivise you to understand the position of a common citizen when he approaches you? Sitharaman said, adding that despite this, illegal occupations had sprouted up on the land."The fact that you led it to have occupations, illegal occupation, shows somewhere in our governance, we are too laid back.
- ▪Sitharaman said these experiences, despite serving in the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), would have given them an idea of what the common man goes through.An IRS officer has the name of the Income Tax department behind him, a "powerful force
- ▪Sitharaman reminded, adding that despite this, the officials had to run from pillar to post to get clearances from authorities to proceed with work on the 13-floor building."Can this [experience] incentivise you to understand the position o
- ▪Sitharaman said, adding that despite this, illegal occupations had sprouted up on the land."The fact that you led it to have occupations, illegal occupation, shows somewhere in our governance, we are too laid back.
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (July 26, 2026) urged the Income Tax department to work for the benefit of common people without making them run from pillar to post.She also went public with her disappointment at the "laidback" nature of government departments, which leads to illegal occupation or encroachments on government lands and underlined the need for integrity in conduct from all officials.Citing the challenges faced by the department in getting permissions to construct a building in the Nariman Point business district, which she inaugurated on Sunday (July 26), Ms.
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