Sources said the appointment of these operators cannot be avoided as there is dearth of staff for doing this work.
The sanctioned number of tax assistants in the Delhi I-T department is 1,017 but only 886 are working at present, they added.
The sanctioned number for stenographers, at the level where people are mostly hired as data-entry operators, is 262, while only 20 are working right now, sources said.
Image: Indian currency notes. | Photograph: Sanjay Sawant
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