EAC-PM is an independent body constituted to advise on economic and related issues to the government, specifically to the Prime Minister.
Present Composition of EAC-PM:
Suman Berry (Chairman)
Sanjeev Sanyal (Member)
Dr Shamika Ravi (Member)
Rakesh Mohan (Part-Time Member)
Dr Sajjid Chinoy (Part-Time Member)
Dr Neelkanth Mishra (Part-Time Member)
Nilesh Shah (Part-Time Member)
Prof. TT Ram Mohan (Part-Time Member)
Dr Poonam Gupta (Part-Time Member)
Who is Sanjay Kumar Mishra?
He is a retired IRS (Income Tax) 1984 batch officer. He is an economic expert and has personally supervised several high profile cases. He is a native of Uttar Pradesh.
He was appointed as the chief of ED on November 19, 2018, for a tenure of two years. Before his appointment, Mishra was posted as chief commissioner of Income Tax in Delhi.
An order dated November 13, 2020, modified Mishra’s appointment letter retrospectively and replaced his term with three years.
On November 17, 2021, the government extended his tenure for a year till November 18, 2022. His tenure was again extended for a year till November 18, 2023.
In July 2023, the Supreme Court noted that Mishra’s tenure as the ED chief would be extended till September 15, 2024, in view of ‘national interest’. The court had clarified that no further application seeking an extension would be entertained.
High profile cases
Under Mishra, the EC launched a probe against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra. It had initiated actions against Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah.
During his tenure, the ED got approval for the extradition of fugitives such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari.
The ED has also arrested persons accused of money laundering such as former Yes Bank managing director and chief executive officer Rana Kapoor and ICICI Bank former MD-CEO Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochhar under Mishra’s leadership.
