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New Delhi : Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley on December 4, 2018, exhorted Directorate of Revenue Intelligence to maintain high integrity and professional standards and endeavour to become a “a near perfect” organisation.
In his address as the chief guest at the 61st foundation day of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at a function here, Jaitley spelled out few cardinal principles which every investigative agency should follow to achieve utmost level of perfection. Elaborating the principles, Jaitley said that investigative agencies need to maintain utmost level of professionalism and be guided by one sole purpose, which is detection of crime. He said that the investigating officers have to make sure that no innocent is harmed or harassed but at the same time they have to ensure that no guilty gets away.
“The lesser it is in media controversy or news, the better it is for them. No news is good news as far as investigative agencies are concerned,” Jaitley said. Cases not being established doesn’t add to the stature of an investigative agency. Maintaining high standards adds credibility to any investigative agency, he observed.
Talking about the challenges of the present and future for DRI, Jaitley said that narcotics smuggling world over has picked up and India is adversely impacted by it. “In the current geopolitical situation, considering India’s neighbourhood, we are affected by terrorism and therefore illegal smuggling of arms and ammunitions, particularly to aide insurgents in various parts of the country, is still on. The onus lies on our agencies to actually make sure that the country is safe and secure,” he added. Jaitley also noted the contribution of an officer of the DRI late L D Arora, who lost his life in the line of duty.
G S Sawhney and M L Wadhawan, two former Director Generals of DRI, were felicitated with DRI Utkrist Sewa Samman 2018 on the occasion. Jaitley also released the second issue of the Smuggling in India Report 2017-2018.
Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said that DRI has contributed to the economic and physical economy of India by actively bringing to light some significant cases of revenue loss, trade-based money laundering, and also making large seizures of drugs and foreign currency and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN). The significance of DRI has increased in this era of trade facilitation especially with the Government focusing on maximisation with Ease of Doing Business. Pandey said that DRI has acquired a position of eminence amongst the other law enforcement agencies.
CBIC Chairman S Ramesh said that throughout its existence of 6 decades, the DRI has been at the vanguard of anti-smuggling effort. It has shown exemplary courage, resolve and dedication, invariably identified with DRI, and given results.
DRI Director General Debi Prasad Dash informed the gathering about the achievements of DRI on various fronts. He said that DRI has created three new zones in North East, Central India, and Kerala, taking the total number of zones to 12. He said that due to strengthening of its operations in North East and J&K, DRI has been able to seize arms, ammunition, smuggling of gold and drugs, according to a PIB release.
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