With reference to the Government of India, consider the following information : Organization | Some of its functions | It works under I. Directorate of Enforcement | Enforcement of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 | Internal Security Division-I, Ministry of Home Affairs II. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence | Enforces the Provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 | Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance III. Directorate General of Systems and Data Management | Carrying out big data analytics to assist tax officers for better policy and nabbing tax evaders | Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance In how many of the above rows is the information correctly matched?
- (a) Only one ✓ UPSC's answer
- (b) Only two
- (c) All the three
- (d) None
Why the answer is (a)
• Row I is wrong: the Directorate of Enforcement does enforce the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018, but it works under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance — not the Internal Security Division of the Home Ministry.
• Row II is correct: the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence is the anti-smuggling agency enforcing the Customs Act, 1962, and functions under the CBIC in the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.
• Row III is wrong on function: the Directorate General of Systems and Data Management builds and runs the tax departments' IT infrastructure; big-data analytics to catch evaders is the job of the Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management (DGARM) under CBIC.
• A row counts only if all three cells are right, so only row II is correctly matched.
• Hence option (a).
Why the other options are wrong
- (b) Only two
- Rows I (wrong ministry) and III (wrong function) both fail, leaving only one correct row.
- (c) All the three
- Only row II is fully correct.
- (d) None
- Row II on the DRI is correctly matched, so the count is not zero.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2025, held on 25 May 2025. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.