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From the Desk of Director General

The Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) is a nodal agency in the Ministry of Finance which receives information from Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and acts as the Central Repository of economic offence records. The information and inputs received in the Bureau are analysed and subsequently shared with other LEAs in cases having multi-agency implications. Thus, the Bureau acts as a coordinating agency for sharing of information and holistic investigations.

The Economic Intelligence Council (EIC) headed by the Union Finance Minister is the apex forum for inter-agency coordination. The DG CEIB is the Member Secretary of the EIC. The mandate of the EIC is to consider various aspects of intelligence relating to economic security and for evolving strategy for collection and collation of intelligence and its dissemination to identified user agencies and departments. The EIC comprises 18 member agencies, which are CBDT, CBIC, ED, MHA, SEBI, RBI, DEA, Revenue Secretary, DCA, NSCS, CEIB, NCB, DRI, DGGI, DGFT and FIU-IND. There are five special invitees, which are MEA, R&AW, IB, CBI and BSF.

The Working Group on Intelligence Apparatus (WGIA) is the Standing Working Group under the chairmanship of Revenue Secretary, which monitors the progress on decisions taken by the EIC, monitors the working of Regional Economic Intelligence Councils (REICs), examines the intelligence assessments compiled by CEIB on the basis of inputs provided by various agencies including the FIU and ensures suitable interaction with NSCS on matters having a bearing on national and economic security. The WGIA had its last bi-annual meeting in March 2023.

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