CURRENT AFFAIRS

2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following Director of Enforcement Directorate was given a fixed two-year tenure to head the anti-money laundering investigation agency.
A
Binoy Kumar
B
Gurbachan Singh
C
Ramesh Prasad Singh
D
Karnal Singh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mishra, 62, was first appointed the director of the ED for two years on November 19, 2018.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Centre had on November 17, 2021 again extended the tenure of ED chief by a year till November 18, 2022, days after the Centre brought ordinances to allow the ED and CBI directors to occupy the office up to five years.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1957, the unit was renamed as the Enforcement Directorate. Sanjay Kumar Mishra former Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, New Delhi was appointed as ED chief in the rank of Secretary to Government of India, from October 2018.

Detailed explanation-4: -Delhi: Sanjay Kumar Mishra gets one more year as ED chief, his third extension. NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday gave a one-year extension to Sanjay Kumar Mishra as the head of the Enforcement Directorate.

Detailed explanation-5: -Director of CBI has been provided security of two year tenure, by the CVC Act, 2003. In November 2021, the President promulgated two ordinances to allow the Centre to extend the tenures of the directors of the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate from two years to up to five years.

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