Directorate General of Economic Enforcement

Directorate General of Economic Enforcement
Logo of the Directorate General of Economic Enforcement.
Agency overview
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	India
Governing body	Government of India
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian agency
Operational structure
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Parent agency	Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue
Website
http://www.directorateofenforcement.gov.in

The Directorate General of Economic Enforcement (Hindi: प्रवर्तन निदेशालय) is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. It comprises officers of the Indian Revenue Service. It was established on the 1st day of June, 2000 by the Central Govt. of India to investigate provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.^[1]

Objective

The prime objective of the Enforcement Directorate is the enforcement of two key Acts^[2] of the Government of India namely, the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999(FEMA) and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002

The ED's (Enforcement Directorate)official website enlists its other objectives which are primarily linked to checking money laundering in India.

Organizational Set Up

The ED was commissioned with its headquarters at New Delhi and has ten zones at Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chandigarh, Chennai, Ahmedabad , Bangalore, Lucknow, Cochin and Hyderabad. Each of these zones are headed by the Deputy Directors.^[3] Besides, there are nine sub-zones at Indore, Agra, Srinagar, Jaipur, Varanasi, Trivandrum, Calicut, Hyderabad, Guwahati Pajjim which are headed by the Assistant Directors.

The Special Unit at Madurai is headed by The Chief Enforcement Office New Delhi.

Moreover, there are three Special Directors of Enforcement and one Additional Director of Enforcement and two Deputy Director at Head Office.

External links

• Website of the Enforcement Directorate [1]

References

1. ^ http://www.ceib.nic.in/ed.htm
2. ^ http://www.directorateofenforcement.gov.in/functions.html
3. ^ http://www.directorateofenforcement.gov.in/about-us.html