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Stepping up of preventive vigilance mechanism by CBIC field formations during the 17th Lok Sabha election process
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.... All Principal Chief / Chief Commissioners of Customs & CGST All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioners of CGST Madam/Sir, Sub: Stepping up of preventive vigilance mechanism by CBIC field formations during the 17th Lok Sabha election process -reg. In the context of elections for the 17th Lok Sabha, the Election Commission of India (ECI) conducted a meeting of Multi-Departmental Committee on Election Intelligence on 15.3.2019. The ECI highlighted that the election expenditure monitoring mechanism, with its two thrust areas of keeping track of the legal expenditure incuned by candidates and political parties, requires coordination among the various expenditure monitoring teams and the agencies tasked with enf....
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....tive that intelligence and detection/seizure information be shared with other Government agencies on a real time basis. Close coordination should be maintained with Election Authorities as well. 4. Detections made, and results achieved may be brought to the notice of the Board on a day to day basis. Yours faithfully, (M.G.Thamizh Valavan) Commissioner (RI&I) Encl: As above. ============= Document 1 ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110 001 No. ECI/PN/30/2019 PRESS NOTE Dated: 15th March, 2019 Sub: ECI convenes a meeting of Multi-Departmental Committee on Election Intelligence Chief Election Commissioner Shri Sunil Arora along....
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....sued detailed guidelines to monitor election expenditure incurred by candidates and political parties. The expenditure monitoring mechanism has got stronger over a period of time and larger seizures have been made by our enforcement teams in successive elections. He said individually and collectively the agencies participating in the meeting are the bulwarks of clean elections. The outcome of synergised action should exceed the commitments made. Election Commissioner Shri Lavasa pointed out that implementation of ECI's instructions on field requires co-ordination among the various expenditure monitoring teams and the agencies tasked with enforcement. Sharing of Intelligence amongst the agencies should ensure th....
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....itisation of the law enforcement agencies about their role during elections; co-operation and sharing of intelligence of economic offences amongst law enforcement agencies for effective action; preparation of road map for action during the elections; mapping of constituencies by concerned agencies to check transportation of smuggled goods, drugs, liquor and cash, including fake currency, through seaports, inter-state borders and international borders and pro-active and preventive action by each law enforcement agency. The Heads of Tax Boards, Law enforcement agencies, Central Paramilitary Forces and representatives of Financial Institutions assured the Commission of prompt 24X7 expenditure monitoring and survei....