scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Monday, November 17, 2025
TopicEnforcement Directorate

Topic: Enforcement Directorate

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is a central agency working directly under the Ministry of Finance, tasked with investigating and enforcing laws related to financial offenses. Its origin goes back to 1 May, 1956, when an Enforcement Unit was formed in the Department of Economic Affairs for handling Exchange Control Laws violations under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947. The following year, this Unit was renamed as Enforcement Directorate.

The ED’s mandate encompasses investigating offenses under significant legislative frameworks such as the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Foreign Exchange Management Act of 1999 (FEMA), and the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act of 2018 (FEOA). The agency investigates individuals and entities involved in financial wrongdoing. This may include tracing illicit funds, seizing assets acquired through illegal means, and prosecuting offenders to ensure accountability and deterrence.

Headquartered in New Delhi, the ED operates through a network of regional offices in Mumbai, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata.

Chinese giants committing fraud in India? Why Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Huawei are under fire

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Smartphone leaders like Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, and Huawei, besides smaller fintech players, are under the scanner of various central agencies for a laundry list of alleged offences.

What’s the Patra Chawl redevelopment case that’s got Sena MP Sanjay Raut in ED’s crosshairs

Purva Chitnis -
Agency claims Raut’s associates linked to alleged irregularities in Goregaon redevelopment project, and that properties linked to MP’s wife were bought with the criminal proceeds.

Sitharaman illness an ‘excuse’ — Urdu press says govt stalling inflation, GST debates in House

Abantika Ghosh -
ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

After Rs 21.9 cr haul last week, more cash found in flat of TMC minister’s aide Arpita Mukherjee

PTI -
Since Wednesday morning, ED has been conducting raids at Arpita Mukherjee's properties, tracking the money trail in the scam.

ED questions Sonia Gandhi for over 3 hours on day 3 of interrogation in National Herald case

PTI -
According to officials, the 75-year old Gandhi was questioned for over eight hours in the last two appearance and faced about 65 to 70 questions.

ED files supplementary chargesheet against former J-K CM Farooq Abdullah in cricket scam

ANI -
The case relates to the siphoning-off of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) funds by way of transfer to various personal bank accounts of unrelated parties.

Sonia Gandhi appears before ED for second round of questioning in money laundering case

PTI -
The ED is questioning her in relation with a case registered under the criminal provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act last year.

ED arrests Mamata Banerjee close aide & Minister Partha Chatterjee in teacher recruitment scam

Sreyashi Dey -
ED officials have also detained Chatterjee's 'close aide' Arpita Mukherjee, after Rs 20 crore in cash was recovered from one of her properties during raids Friday.

ED raids homes of two West Bengal ministers in teacher recruitment scam

PTI -
Officials also carried out another raid at the residence of former chairman of West Bengal Board of Primary Education, Manik Bhattacharya.

‘Proceeds of crime’ focus of probe, Sonia questioned by ED in National Herald case for 3 hrs

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Congress interim president questioned on alleged loan of Rs 90 crore given by the party to the publisher of National Herald. She has been called again on 25 July.
1...505152...82Page 51 of 82

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

AI thinks it’s smart. Chimps may beg to differ.

Bloomberg Opinion -
How can we compare human and machine intelligence when we can’t decide which species – cats or dogs — is more intelligent?

Bihar rejected Rahul Gandhi’s divisive politics. Voters are nobody’s fools

What Modi govt’s Seeds Bill 2025 must deliver for Punjab’s farmers

Economy

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Udit Bubna -
Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Defence

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

Snehesh Alex Philip -
ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

Follow us

Copyright © 2025 Printline Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.