The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has conducted raids during the last three years and the current years. The mandate of the DRI is to investigate offences under the Customs Act, 1962 and the NDPS Act, 1985. The Directorate of has detected causes of commercial fraud and outfight smuggling, details of which are as under:
Anti Smuggling Performance of DRI – At a Glance (Rs. In Crore)
|
Sl. No. |
Item of Work |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 (up to June 2012) |
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|
Number |
Value/Duty |
Number |
Value/ Duty |
Number |
Value/ Duty |
Number |
Value/Duty |
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|
1. |
Seizures |
487 |
680.17 |
438 |
895.34 |
547 |
3127.70 |
93 |
291.47 |
|
2. |
Commercial Fraud Cases Detected |
391 |
615.23 |
581 |
826.47 |
527 |
1841.48 |
138 |
75.13 |
|
3 |
Investigation completed and SCN issued in CF cases |
274 |
1238.31 |
399 |
2953.29 |
551 |
2506.06 |
182 |
350.13 |
|
4. |
SCN issued in Outright Smuggling cases |
126 |
34.17 |
107 |
78.74 |
150 |
278.06 |
17 |
18.87 |
|
5 |
Duty Recovered |
384 |
220.87 |
604 |
454.80 |
418 |
362.04 |
98 |
49.70 |
Note: In the columns Value/Duty, figures in S.No. 1 & 4 pertain to value of goods and all other pertain to duty involved.
The Income tax department investigates violations of direct tax laws based on credible information relating to tax evasion, through a set procedure, and brings undisclosed amount to taxation. Search and seizure is conducted in the case of ‘person’, which includes individuals, Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs), firms, companies, association of persons (AoPs), body of individuals (BoIs), local authorities and any artificial juridical person, who is in possession of any money, bullion, jewellery, documents or any other valuable article or thing which represents undisclosed income. These persons are engaged in diversified business activities/professions across different sectors. Therefore, person-wise or profession-wise details are not separately maintained by Income-tax department. Monitoring of assets of officials is the domain of the respective departments under the relevant conduct regulations.
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