Srinagar, Jun 01: Monika Dhami assumed the Charge of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax on Monday in Srinagar. An officer of 2001 batch of Indian Revenue Service, she has served in important and diverse positions including policy making position at Department of Economic Affairs, corporate and salary assessment charges within the Income Tax department and a distinguished tenure as the lead trainer of newly inducted civil servants at LBSNAA, the Apex training Academy for Civil Services.
In the existing organisational pecking order, Dhami is the highest ranked Officer of Income Tax Department in the region that covers large jurisdictional expanse of UT of Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Ladakh.
She has been posted at Srinagar by the Government of India strategically to work closely with all stakeholders, including taxpayers, tax professionals, trade and industry bodies, to further strengthen a fair, transparent, and taxpayer-friendly tax administration in the Region.
Dhami was formally welcomed by the officers and the officials of the department at Srinagar and in her first interaction, she underscored the importance of the significant and the latest transformations in the department including the use of technology in enforcement of law, faceless processes, and ease of compliance.
She also reiterated the department’s focus on Voluntary compliance that remains the cornerstone of the tax system, and encouraged the officers to work towards strengthening the culture of trust and cooperation between taxpayers and the Department.
Dhami emphasized that special attention will be given to grievance redressals, taxpayer outreach programmes, awareness initiatives, and stakeholder consultations so that concerns and problems faced by the public are adequately and expeditiously addressed.
An alumini of London school of economics Ms. Monika Dhami holds a Masters degree in Public Policy and across her bureaucratic career has been a strong votary for preservation of local cultural spaces. Having held the important position as Additional Director General Training, Directorate of Training, New Delhi, Ms. Monika Dhami has also promised to focus on the skill development of the staff in order to enable their professional and personal growth in the dynamic atmosphere of public services.
