ED director Rahul Navin gets 1-year extension

ED
di ecto
Rahul
Navi
(File
photo)

NEW
DELHI:
Rahul
Navi
gets
o e
yea
exte sio
as
ED
di ecto .
His
2-y
fixed
te u e
was
comi g
to
a
e d
this
mo th,
ow
exte ded
till
13
Aug
2027.Acco di g
to
a
otificatio
issued
by
the
DoPT
o
Satu day,
“Appoi tme ts
Committee
of
the
Cabi et
has
app oved
exte sio
i
te u e
of
Rahul
Navi ,
IRS,
as
Di ecto
of
E fo ceme t
i
the
Di ecto ate
of
E fo ceme t
fo
a
pe iod
of
o e
yea
beyo d
13.08.2026
i.e.
up
to
13.08.2027,
i cludi g
exte sio
i
se vice
beyo d
the
date
of
his
supe a uatio
i.e.
31.07.2027,
o
u til
fu the
o de s,
whicheve
is
ea lie .”Afte
th ee
yea s
as
di ecto
ED,
Navi ,
a
1993
batch
office
of
the
I dia
Reve ue
Se vice
(I come
Tax),
sta ds
a
cha ce
of
getti g
two
mo e
exte sio s
a d
se ve
till
Aug
2029,
all
th ough
the
p ese t
te u e
of
the
Modi
govt
with
ext
ge e al
electio s
due
i
Ap il-May
2029.As
pe
se vice
age
Navi ’s
eti eme t
is
due
o
31
July
2027,
but
te u e
of
ED
di ecto
ca
co ti ue
beyo d
that
as
i
the
case
of
his
p edecesso
Sa jay
Mish a.Rahul
Navi
hails
f om
Biha
a d
had
a
outsta di g
academic
disti ctio
with
a
deg ee
i
BTech
a d
MTech
f om
IIT
Ka pu a d
a
MBA
f om
Swi bu e
U ive sity
of
Tech ology,
Melbou e.O
15th
Septembe
2023,
he
assumed
cha ge
as
Di ecto
(I -Cha ge)
a d
was
appoi ted
as
Di ecto
of
ED
o
14th
August
2024.

He
has
also
w itte
a
book
o
“I fo matio
Excha ge
a d
Tax
T a spa e cy:
Tackli g
Global
Tax
Evasio
a d
Avoida ce”
while
bei g
i
the
tax
policy
divisio
of
the
fi a ce
mi ist y.As
ED
di ecto ,
Navi
has
laid
dow
a
ew
oadmap
fo
his
office s
of
completi g
all
i vestigatio s
withi
two
yea s
a d
e su i g
attached
p ope ties
a e
auctio ed
a d
estituted
to
the
ightful
claima t
a d
victims
of
f auds
—
whethe
it
be
ba ks
o
i dividuals
—
withi
a
specific
timef ame.

He
has
set
a
ta get
fo
all
the
zo al
offices
fo
fili g
of
cha gesheets,
mi imizi g
avoidable
delays.The
ED
has
so
fa
esto ed
assets
valued
ove
Rs
35,000
c o e
to
victims
of
f aud
usi g
the
p ovisio
u de
sectio s
8(7)
a d
8(8)
of
the
P eve tio
of
Mo ey
Lau de i g
Act
(PMLA),
which
allow
fo
“the
esto atio
of
assets
to
ightful
ow e s
whe
it
is
dete mi ed
that
the
p ope ties
we e
i itially
acqui ed
th ough
illicit
mea s
but
legally
belo g
to
i oce t
pa ties”.