CBDT releases final list of IRS officers' transfers

 The earlier list was deferred after controversy implicating the finance ministry. The present list contains a total of 139 transfers. These have been effected in all zones except for Delhi which has been left mostly unchanged.

 The transfer of IRS officers has been in the midst of a controversy after the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested the personal assistant of Minister of State for Finance Gingee Ramchandran for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh for fixing the posting of an IRS officer.

 Subsequently, Ramchandran quit office. The minister