IRS Officer Amit Mohan Govil Gets Additional Charge As Director, FIU-India

The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) in an order said, “The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the entrustment of additional charge of the post of Director (Finance Intelligence Unit-India) to Amit Mohan Govil, IRS (IT:1990), Director General, Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB), Department of Revenue for Director, FIU-India.”

The order also said Govil will hold the position for six months from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till a regular incumbent is appointed, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Meanwhile, according to the DoPT, the ACC has also granted ex-post facto approval for the earlier extension of additional charge as the Director of FIU-India to the 1994-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre Vivek Aggarwal, who is Additional Secretary in the Department of Revenue, as his tenure spanned for an interim period from March 30 to April 21, during which he managed dual responsibilities.

The CEIB coordinates intelligence gathering for economic offences. The additional responsibility places Govil at the core of India’s financial intelligence architecture, particularly when the government is aggressively going after the illegal flow of funds, both global and domestic, with special focus on cyber fraud and terror financing.

The FIU-India, an arm of the country’s Department of Revenue under the Union Ministry of Finance, serves as the nodal agency for receiving, processing, analysing, and sharing information related to suspected illegal financial transactions, particularly those connected with money laundering and terror financing, with law enforcement agencies.

It also plays a pivotal role in India’s global outreach in cases of money laundering and terror financing networks, collaborating with overseas law enforcement agencies.