The Council is also the apex of 18 regional economic intelligence committees, and is part of the Union Ministry of Finance.
[2] The Economic Intelligence Council is responsible for coordination, strategy and information-sharing amongst the government agencies responsible for intelligence and control of economic offences such as smuggling, money laundering tax evasion and fraud.
[1] Its chief members include the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).
[1] The Deputy Director General of the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau serves as the Council's secretary.
[1][2] The committees are constituted of a wide range of agencies and officials responsible for the designated regions.