DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE (DRI)

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• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) celebrated its 65th Foundation Day on 5th December 2022.
  • The Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the event along with the Union Minister of State for Finance.
• DRI is the exclusive intelligence and enforcement agency on anti-smuggling matters under the aegis of the Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC).
  • It came into existence in 1957.
  • DRI Headquarters at New Delhi.
  • It has 12 Zonal Units, 35 regional Units and 15 Sub-regional units, with a working strength of about 800 officials.
• DRI has been carrying out its mandate of preventing and detecting cases of smuggling of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, gold, diamonds, precious metals, wildlife items, cigarettes, arms, ammunition & explosives, counterfeit currency notes, foreign currency, hazardous & environmentally sensitive materials, antiques etc.
  • DRI also take punitive action against organized crime groups engaged in commercial fraud and customs duty evasion.
• DRI engaged with international Customs collaboration under Customs Mutual Assistance Agreements signed with various countries, for information exchange and learning from the best practices of other Customs administrations.
• On the occasion, the Ministry released the “Smuggling in India Report 2021-22”. The report brings together the trends in the field of anti-smuggling and commercial fraud and DRI’s performance and experience over the last financial year.

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