Lok Sabha Question No. 1523 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Funding for Terrorism
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1523

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 07 th  DECEMBER, 2021/AGRAHAYANA 16,1943 (SAKA) FUNDING FOR TERRORISM

1523.  SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and the number of cases disclosed in funding for terrorism in the country during the last three years;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  domestic  and  international  attachment  of  assets  and penalties  issued  under  the  Prevention  of  Money  Laundering  Act  (PMLA)  and charge sheets filed by various probe agencies during the said period;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to counter terrorist financing; and
- (d) the efforts of the Government to take membership of Financial Action Task Force?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule of  the  Constitution  of  India.  State  Police  has  the  primary  responsibility  of prevention,  detection,  registration,  investigation  and  prosecution  of  crimes including  funding  for  terrorism.  However,  the  Central  Government  has  also entrusted following cases of terror funding to the National Investigation Agency (NIA):

## LS.US.Q.NO. 1523 FOR 07.12.2021

|   Sl. No. | Year                |   Number of cases |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | 2018                |                18 |
|         2 | 2019                |                14 |
|         3 | 2020                |                23 |
|         4 | Up to November 2021 |                09 |

(b): Under provisions of the Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), the Enforcement Directorate is the Nodal Authority for investigation and prosecution of  money  laundering  cases.      The  Enforcement  Directorate  has  attached  250 (approx.)  moveable  and  immoveable  properties  having  book  value  of  Rs.  881 Crore  (approx.),  which  include  properties  worth  Rs.  677.73  Crore  (approx.)  in lndia and Rs. 203.27 Crore (approx.) abroad. A total of 24 prosecution complaints (Charge-sheets) have been filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

(c):    The Government of India has constituted a separate Cell, i.e., Countering of  Financing  of  Terrorism  (CFT  Cell)  in  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  for coordination  on  combating  of  terror  funding.    A  Terror  Funding  and  Fake Currency (TFFC) Cell has been constituted in the National Investigation Agency (NIA)  to  conduct  focused  investigation  into  terror  funding  and  fake  currency cases. The  Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, has been strengthened by   criminalizing   the  production  or  smuggling  or  circulation  of  high  quality

## LS.US.Q.NO. 1523 FOR 07.12.2021

counterfeit  Indian  currency  as  a  terrorist  act  and  enlarging  the  scope  of proceeds of terrorism to include any property intended to be used for terrorism.

(d):        India  is  already  a  member  of  Financial  Action  Task  Force  (FATF)  since June 25, 2010.

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