The Concluding Ceremony for 150 years of Income Tax (IT) in India was celebrated on 15th July, 2011 at a solemn function graced by H.E. Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, President of India at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The first copy of a book titled ‘A Celebration through Art- 150 Years of IT in India’ comprising of artworks on the theme of ‘Income Tax in Nation Building’, executed by some of India’s top artists and the artistically gifted personnel of the Income Tax Department in the course of celebration of 150 years, was presented to Mahamahim Pratibha Devisingh Patilji, President of India by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister after it was released in the presence of Honourable Shri S.S. Palanimanickam, Minister of State for Finance (Revenue), Honourable Shri Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State for Finance (Expenditure), Shri R.S. Gujral, Revenue Secretary, Shri Prakash Chandra, Chairman, CBDT, other Members of the CBDT and a distinguished audience. The preview of the film titled ‘150 years of Income Tax- A Journey Across Three Centuries’ was screened and an informative brochure, ‘A Journey across Three Centuries’, depicting the evolving role of Income Tax since 1860, was also released
