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Chidambaram to officiate at Enforcement Day

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Finance Minister P Chidambaram will officiate at the first 'Enforcement Day' on May 1 and award investigators of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The event is being held for the first time in the 57-year history of the organisation which is is tasked to probe and prosecute money laundering and forex violations.

The agency, headquartered in the national capital, has branch offices across the country and is taked to enforce the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).

The ED is under the administrative control of Department of Revenue in the Finance Ministry.

Senior officials of the Finance Ministry and other investigative agencies of the country are expected to participate during the day-long event which is expected to held in Vigyan Bhavan here.

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First Published: Mar 20 2013 | 8:55 PM IST

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