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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will deliver a lecture on ‘Economic Challenges for an Aspirational India’ on Monday. This is the theme of D.P.Kohli Memorial Lecture organised by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as a part of its foundation day celebration.
Late Kohli was founder Director of CBI and headed the institution from 1955 to 1968. The agency was established by a resolution dated April 1, 1963 after a growing need was felt for a Central Police Agency which could investigate not only cases of bribery and corruption, but also violation of Central fiscal laws, major frauds relating to Government of India departments, public joint stock companies, passport frauds, crimes on the high seas, crimes on the Airlines and serious crimes committed by organized gangs and professional criminals.
Initially the agency had Investigation & Anti Corruption Division, later it was strengthened by addition of an Economic Offences Wing in February 1964 and a Food Offence Wing in September 1964. Food wing was formed to collect intelligence regarding hoarding, black marketing, smuggling and profiteering in food grains and take up such cases having inter-state ramifications in view of the situation prevailing at that time. It was merged in the Economic Offences for CBI to take up investigation in crimes like assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings, crimes committed by extremists, violation of Official Secrets Act, large scale Bank and Insurance Frauds, and, others specific cases like Bhagalpur Blindings, Bhopal Gas Tragedy etc.
Again in 1987, it was decided to have two investigation Divisions in CBI, namely Anti Corruption Division and Special Crimes Division, the latter dealing with cases of conventional crimes as well as economic offences. A new Zone, namely ‘Technical Forensic & Coordination’ (TFC) was created at CBI Headquarters, New Delhi in 2010. As on date, offences under 74 existing Central and 19 State Acts, 243 offences under the Indian Penal Code have been notified by the Central Government under section 3 of the DSPE (Delhi Special Police Establishment) Act.
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