Lok Sabha Question No. 1951 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-14
Subject: Cyber Crimes
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV, PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, OM PRAKASH YADAV, RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1951

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH  MARCH, 2017/ PHALGUNA 23, 1938 (SAKA)

## CYBER CRIMES

†1951.

SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any plan to check/address threats of cyber crime to the economy of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of complaints with respect to cyber crimes received so far across  the  country  including  Bihar  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, State-wise;
- (d) whether the CBI is investigating the cases of cyber crimes;
- (e) if so, the number of cyber crime investigations initiated during the last three years; and
- (f) the reasons for the investigations not being completed in remaining cases despite the passage of three years and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

- (a) & (b) Government has taken legal, policy and institutional measures to  check/address  cyber  crimes.  IT  Act  2000  (as  amended  in  2008)  gives legal  empowerment to deal with cyber crimes. Cyber crimes being  trans border activities, India is engaged in Cyber Dialogue with more than 15

## LS.US.Q.NO. 1951 DATED FOR 14.03.2017

countries for bilateral cooperation to assist law enforcement agencies by exchange of information/data pertaining to cyber crimes. Government has established National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre as  per  the  provisions  of  Section  70A  of  the  Information  Technology  Act, 2000  for  protection  of  Critical  Information  Infrastructure  in  the  country. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issues alerts and  advisories  regarding  latest  cyber  threats  and  countermeasures  on regular basis. CERT-In has published guidelines for securing IT infrastructure,  which  are  available  on  its  website  (www.certin.org.in). Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issues circulars/advisories to all Commercial Banks  on  phishing  attacks  and  preventive/detective  measures  to  tackle phishing attacks.

(c) The details of State/UT wise cases,  including State of Bihar, registered under cyber crimes during the years, 2013, 2014 & 2015 as compiled by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),   are at Annexure.I. The data for the year 2016 is under compilation.

(d) to (f)  Yes, CBI is investigating into cases of cyber crime. The details of cases relating to cyber crime registered by CBI during the last three years and the current year (upto 28.02.2017) are as follows:-

An

LS.US.Q.NO. 1951 DATED FOR 14.03.2017

| Year                  |   Number of cases |
|-----------------------|-------------------|
| 2014                  |                15 |
| 2015                  |                39 |
| 2016                  |                33 |
| 2017 (upto 28.2.2017) |                 1 |
| Total                 |                88 |

Out of these charge sheets have been filed in 36 cases, status report has been filed in the competent court in four cases and six cases were closed. *****

## State/UT-wise cases registered under cyber crimes during 2013-2015

| Sl. No.           | State/UT          | 2013*   |   2014# |   2015# |
|-------------------|-------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 651     |     282 |     536 |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh | 10      |      18 |       6 |
| 3                 | Assam             | 154     |     379 |     483 |
| 4                 | Bihar             | 139     |     114 |     242 |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh      | 101     |     123 |     103 |
| 6                 | Goa               | 58      |      62 |      17 |
| 7                 | Gujarat           | 77      |     227 |     242 |
| 8                 | Haryana           | 323     |     151 |     224 |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh  | 28      |      38 |      50 |
| 10                | Jammu & Kashmir   | 46      |      37 |      34 |
| 11                | Jharkhand         | 26      |      93 |     180 |
| 12                | Karnataka         | 533     |    1020 |    1447 |
| 13                | Kerala            | 383     |     450 |     290 |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh    | 342     |     289 |     231 |
| 15                | Maharashtra       | 907     |    1879 |    2195 |
| 16                | Manipur           | 1       |      13 |       6 |
| 17                | Meghalaya         | 17      |      60 |      56 |
| 18                | Mizoram           | 0       |      22 |       8 |
| 19                | Nagaland          | 0       |       0 |       0 |
| 20                | Odisha            | 104     |     124 |     386 |
| 21                | Punjab            | 156     |     226 |     149 |
| 22                | Rajasthan         | 297     |     697 |     949 |
| 23                | Sikkim            | 0       |       4 |       1 |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu        | 90      |     172 |     142 |
| 25                | Telangana         | -       |     703 |     687 |
| 26                | Tripura           | 14      |       5 |      13 |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh     | 682     |    1737 |    2208 |
| 28                | Uttarakhand       | 27      |      42 |      48 |
| 29                | West Bengal       | 342     |     355 |     398 |
|                   | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 5508    |    9322 |   11331 |
| 30                | A & N Islands     | 18      |      13 |       6 |
| 31                | Chandigarh        | 11      |      55 |      77 |
| 32                | D&N Haveli        | 0       |       3 |       0 |
| 33                | Daman & Diu       | 1       |       1 |       1 |
| 34                | Delhi UT          | 150     |     226 |     177 |
| 35                | Lakshadweep       | 0       |       1 |       0 |
| 36                | Puducherry        | 5       |       1 |       0 |
|                   | TOTAL UT(S)       | 185     |     300 |     261 |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |                   | 5693    |    9622 |   11592 |

Source: Crime in India

*  InIncludes cases registered under IT Act and related section of Indian Penal Code involving computer as medium/target

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# InIncludes cases registered under IT Act, related sections of Indian Penal Code and Special & Local Laws (involving computer as medium/target)