Designation of recipient for bulk tax information: Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs specified as data recipient. Central Government specifies Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs as the recipient for purposes of sub-clause (ii)(a) of Section 138(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. The notification is to be read with a CBDT order designating the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) as the designated authority tasked with furnishing the bulk information on identified parameters to that specified recipient, thereby creating an administrative information-sharing mechanism.