Achi news desk-
ED activity increased
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In the last 10 years, during the BJP rule, there has been a tremendous increase in the activities of the Central Enforcement Directorate of the Investigation Agency (ED). If we look at the data, ED raids under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have increased 86 times in the last ten years. ED seized 25 times more assets during this period. These figures are compared to the UPA government before 2014.
There has been a tremendous increase in ED activity over the past ten years.
According to a report, comparing the data from April 2014 to March 2024 with the data from July 2005 to March 2014 shows that ED activity has increased significantly in the last ten years. The PMLA Act was enacted in 2002 and implemented on July 1, 2005. Black and money laundering. The opposition parties claim that the government is using the ED against its opponents. However, the central government claims that there is no pressure on the agency from the ruling party and it is acting independently against corruption.
Statistics tell a story
According to the data, the ED has registered 5,155 cases under the PMLA Act in the last 10 years, which is three times the 1,797 cases registered during the UPA government. The ED investigation has so far resulted in conviction against 63 people under the PMLA Act. The first conviction in the case by ED was in 2014 itself. During the BJP government, ED conducted 7,264 raids in money laundering cases, while before 2014, ED conducted only 84 raids. In this way, ED conducted 86 times more raids during the BJP government.
