New Delhi : The Government has promoted as many as 11 Enforcement Directorate cadre officers to Joint Director (JD) rank. This is the first time that so many cadre officers have been promoted in one go to the JD level in ED.
The Department of Revenue under the Union Finance Ministry issued an order on May 28 for promoting 11 officers from the deputy director to the JD rank. A JD rank position is the cutting-edge administrative post in the ED that is entrusted with to supervise investigations related to money-laundering and foreign exchange contravention.
The agency has more than 30 JD posts, including at 27 zonal offices across the country. At present, there are only three ED cadre officers in the JD rank while the rest are occupied by the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers who join the organisation on deputation.