IRS Officers ‘Frontline Soldiers’ To Battle Black Money: India Pres.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday lauded the government for taking several steps “to defeat the menace of black money” and described IRS officers as “frontline soldiers in this battle”.

Addressing officer trainees of the 72nd batch of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) who called on him at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Kovind said that in recent years the government had taken many initiatives to clean the financial system and wipe out black money.

“IRS officers are frontline soldiers in this battle,” he said.