About the Ministry of Finance

The Ministry of Finance is a ministry within the Government of India concerned with the economy of India, serving as the Treasury of India. In particular, it concerns itself with taxation, financial legislation, financial institutions, capital markets, currency regulation, banking service, center and state finances, and the Union Budget.

About TPRU

Tax Policy Research Unit (TPRU) in the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has been created to ensure a professional and multi-disciplinary analysis of the tax proposals.

TPRU acts as the secretariat to the Tax Policy Council in conducting research, analysis and providing evidence-based fiscal and tax policy options to the TPC. TPRU comprises of officers from CBEC, CBDT as well as professional economists, researchers, statisticians and legal experts.

About the Opportunity

Tax Policy Research Unit (TPRU) proposes to engage Research Fellows for attending to research work in a time bound manner. Only persons with requisite qualification and experience as prescribed would be hired as Research Fellows.

Number of Vacancies

2

Eligibility Criteria

  • Bachelors’ Degree in Law
  • One to five years of research and report writing experience or equivalent professional legal experience;
  • Thorough understanding of Direct and Indirect Tax laws and other Fiscal Laws.
  • Experience of policy related work in the area of taxation and Public Finance is desirable

Remuneration

All-inclusive remuneration shall be Rs. 70,000/- per month.

How to Apply?

The duly filled hard /physical copy of the application in the format given in Annexure-1, should be addressed to the Joint Secretary, TPRU and should reach the Office of TPRU at 5th Floor, Tower-1, Jeevan Bharti Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi- 01 before 21 days of publishing of this advertisement in ‘The Times of India”.

Any application received after due date will not be entertained under any circumstances. Applications may also be emailed at dc2-tpru@gov.in but only those applications whose hard/physical copy are received within 21 days of publication of the advertisement in The Times of India in this office will be taken into consideration. The envelope containing the application as above should be labelled as “Application for Research Fellow” on the top.

Contact Information

For any further enquiry, please contact at Telephone No. 011- 23724637 between 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM on any working day from Monday to Friday

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