Directorate General of GST Intelligence

The Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence (DGGI) is a law enforcement agency under the Ministry of Finance responsible for fighting tax evasion in India.^[1] It was founded in 1979 as the Directorate General of Anti-Evasion and was later renamed the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence. The agency was renamed as Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) after the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The agency is part of the Indian intelligence database NATGRID. The organisation is staffed by officers of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.

Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI)
Patch of DGGI
Agency overview
Formed	1979
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	India
Operations jurisdiction	India
Size	India
Governing body	Government of India
General nature	Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Agency executive	Shri Rajesh Pandey IRS, Principal Director General
Parent agency	Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)
Website
dggi.gov.in

History

Established in 1979 as the Directorate General of Anti-Evasion, its function was under the control of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, New Delhi. The agency is tasked with collecting, collating, and disseminating intelligence related to evasion of GST. In 1983, it became an independent Directorate and in 1998 the Directorate was upgraded to Directorate General with four zonal units in Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai.^[2]

In 2004 the agency was tasked with detecting cases of Service Tax evasion.^[2]

See also

• Taxation in India
• Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
• Central Economic Intelligence Bureau