DGARM, set up in 2017, to provide taxmen intelligence inputs and data analysis to identify, track and profile tax evaders, is also key to national policy formulation and targeted action by the investigation wings of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). It is learnt that the revenue department has made a strong pitch for keeping DGARM out of the ambit of the RTI Act citing sensitivity of big data, its potential misuse and national security implications of the same.
