According to the information by Prime Ministers office, the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on April 3 at 12 noon at Vigyan Bhawan will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. He will award medals to the winners of the Presidents Police Medal for Outstanding Service and the Gold Medal for the Best Investigative Officers of the CBI during the events investiture ceremony.On the special occasion, PM Modi will also launch the Twitter handle of Central Bureau of Investigation. A postage stamp and commercial coin marking the Diamond Jubilee celebration of CBI will also be launched at the special occasion. The Central Bureau of Investigation was established by a resolution of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India dated 1st April, 1963.PM to inaugurate the new offices of CBIThe newly constructed office complexes of the CBI in Shillong, Pune and Nagpur will also be inaugurated on the special occasion by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.About CBIIt should be noted that the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India issued a resolution on April 1, 1963, which founded the CBI. Initially established to look into bribery and official corruption, its jurisdiction was enlarged in 1965 to include looking into violations of central laws enforced by the Government of India, multi-state organised crime, multi-agency crimes, and foreign cases. The CBI headquarters are at New Delhis CGO Complex, close to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.Powers of CBIThe Central Bureau of Investigation can investigate only with notification by the central government. The High Courts and the Supreme Court have the jurisdiction to order a CBI investigation into an offense alleged to have been committed in a state without the states consent.
