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UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 · GS Paper I · Question 3 · Constitutional, statutory & regulatory bodies

भारत सरकार के संदर्भ में, निम्नलिखित सूचना पर विचार कीजिए :

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2025, General Studies Paper I, Question 3 — Constitutional, statutory & regulatory bodies.

भारत सरकार के संदर्भ में, निम्नलिखित सूचना पर विचार कीजिए :

संगठनइस संगठन के कुछ कार्ययह संगठन किसके अधीन कार्य करता है
I.प्रवर्तन निदेशालयभगोड़ा आर्थिक अपराधी अधिनियम, 2018 का प्रवर्तनआंतरिक सुरक्षा प्रभाग–I, गृह मंत्रालय
II.राजस्व आसूचना निदेशालयसीमा-शुल्क अधिनियम, 1962 के उपबंधों को प्रवर्तित करनाराजस्व विभाग, वित्त मंत्रालय
III.प्रणाली एवं आँकड़ा (सिस्टम्स ऐंड डेटा) प्रबंधन महानिदेशालयबेहतर नीति और कर-वंचकों को पकड़ने में कर अधिकारियों की सहायता के लिए वृहत् आँकड़ा (डेटा) विश्लेषण का उपयोग करनाराजस्व विभाग, वित्त मंत्रालय

उपर्युक्त में से कितनी पंक्तियों में सूचना सही सुमेलित है?

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With reference to the Government of India, consider the following information:

I. Directorate of Enforcement — Enforcement of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 — Internal Security Division–I, Ministry of Home Affairs

II. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence — Enforces the Provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 — Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance

III. Directorate General of Systems and Data Management — Carrying out big data analytics to assist tax officers for better policy and nabbing tax evaders — Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance

In how many of the above rows is the information correctly matched?

(a) Only one · (b) Only two · (c) All the three · (d) None

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (a) केवल एक

Only the DRI row is fully right. The Enforcement Directorate does enforce the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, but it works under the Department of Revenue, not the Home Ministry. Big data analytics to help tax officers is the job of CBIC's Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management (DGARM), not the DG of Systems and Data Management.

  • ✗ I The ED enforces PMLA, FEMA and the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, but the Department of Revenue (Ministry of Finance) lists it as its attached office; it is not under the Home Ministry.
  • ✓ II The DRI is the apex anti-smuggling agency of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, enforcing the Customs Act, 1962 under the Department of Revenue.
  • ✗ III The data-mining and analytics role described belongs to DGARM, which CBIC created as its apex body for data analytics and risk management in July 2017.

Remember · ED, DRI and CBIC's directorates all sit under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. Tax data analytics and risk profiling: DGARM (CBIC, 2017).

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2025, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·

Cite this question: UPSC CSE Prelims 2025, Q3 — minimalistias.com/pyqs/prelims/2025/q3

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