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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2780
ANSWERED ON 17/03/2026
BUDGET ALLOCATION MADE TO THE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE
2780 Shri P. Wilson:
Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:
(a) the budget allocation made to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) since 2021 year-wise;
(b) the number of Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIRs) registered under the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, State-wise and year-wise;
(c) the number of searches conducted and arrests made by the ED under PMLA during the
said period;
(d) the number of cases resulting in prosecution and convictions, year-wise, along with the
conviction rate; and
(e) the details of pending cases against bribery charges?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)
(a) The year-wise details of the budget allocated to the Directorate of Enforcement
(ED) during the period since F.Y. 2021-22 to F.Y. 2025-26 is as under:
S. No. Financial Year Budget Allocated (in ₹)
i. 2021-22 3,04,66,88,000
ii. 2022-23 4,75,06,00,000
iii. 2023-24 7,54,83,00,000
iv. 2024-25 8,55,73,00,000
v. 2025-26 10,53,92,43,000
(b) & (c) During the period from 01.04.2021 to 28.02.2026, the Directorate of Enforcement
has initiated investigation in 4377 cases by recording of Enforcement Case Information
Reports (ECIRs). Further, during the same period, the Directorate has conducted 9964
searches under the provisions of PMLA, 2002. Furthermore, during the said period, the
Directorate has arrested 903 persons under the provisions of the PMLA, 2002. The state
wise data is not maintained. The Year-wise details are as under:(c) Financia Number of Number of No. of persons
l Year ECIRs Searches arrested
Recorded conducted
2021-22 1116 751 105
2022-23 953 1441 165
2023-24 698 2600 272
2024-25 775 2317 214
2025-26 (till
835 2855 147
28.02.2026)
Total 4377 9964 903
(d) From 01.04.2021 till 28.02.2026, the Directorate has recorded 4377 Enforcement Case
Information Reports (ECIRs) under the provisions of Prevention of Money-Laundering Act,
2002 (PMLA).
During the same period, in 1245 cases Prosecution Complaints (PCs) have been filed before
the Special Courts (PMLA) praying for conviction of accused persons for money-laundering
offences and confiscation of proceeds of crime involved. Further, in these cases, 447
Supplementary PCs have also been filed before the Special Courts, PMLA. The details are as
under:
Financial Year No. of Prosecution Complaints filed +
Supplementary PCs filed
2021-22 128+46
2022-23 172+61
2023-24 281+100
2024-25 333+124
2025-26 (till 331+116
28.02.2026)
Total 1245+447
*state-wise data is not maintained.
Moreover, as on 28.02.2026, the Special Courts of PMLA have delivered judgments on
merits on the issue of Money-Laundering in 59 cases, out of which conviction orders have
been passed in 56 cases convicting 124 accused. There are few cases where accused have
been acquitted/discharged due to acquittal/discharge in predicate offence case or other
reasons without considering/adjudicating the ED case. Accordingly, the conviction rate, i.e.,
total number of cases in which accused have been convicted as a percentage of total cases
decided on merits on the issue of money laundering is 56/59*100=94.91%. Year-wise details
of the same are as under:
Financial Year No. of conviction No. of accused
orders secured convicted
2016-17 2 2
2017-18 2 2
2018-19 4 8
2019-20 4 7
2020-21 1 1
2021-22 3 4
2022-23 9 24
2023-24 13 19
2024-25 9 38
2025-26 (till 28.02.2026) 9 19
Total 56 124(e) ED has taken up around 620 cases related to bribery charges for investigation under the
provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). In such cases,
necessary action as per the provisions of PMLA has been taken by attaching/seizing /
freezing proceeds of crime amounting to ₹ 12295 crore. Further, 126 persons have been
arrested and 286 Prosecution Complaints including 90 Supplementary PCs have been filed
in these cases. Moreover, as on date, 29 persons have been convicted for the offence of
money laundering in these cases.
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