Lok Sabha Question No. 832 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Cyber Crime and Economic Offence
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: BHARATI DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL, KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI, CHINTAMANI MALVIYA, PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, SUBHASH PATEL, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 832

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH   FEBRUARY, 2017/ MAGHA 18, 1938 (SAKA)

CYBER CRIME AND ECONOMIC OFFENCE

832.

DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL:

DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA:

PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

SHRI SUBHASH PATEL:

DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

## Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether cyber crimes and economic offences have increased considerably during the last three years;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  number  of  cases  reported during the said period, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has decided to set up special police stations and laboratories to deal with cyber crime cases in every district of the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  arrest  and  minimize  the increasing  number  of  cyber  crime  cases  especially  those  concerning illiterate or innocent civilians who share their bank account details to a fake call and due to increasing use of digital transaction; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with the measures taken to check cyber crimes due to increase use of net banking and digital transactions?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): The State/UT wise details of cyber crimes including the crimes related economic offences for 2013, 2014 & 2015 registered in National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) are at Annexure- I. Government has taken many initiatives / measures to spread awareness to check cyber crimes such  as regular advisories  by  ICERT  (Indian  Computer  Emergency Response Team), Digishala Awareness Campaign, Digital Financial Inclusion Awareness and Access (Digital Jagriti), Educational TV channel 'DigiShala', etc. The Government has also decided to establish a centre for Cyber Crime Prevention against Women & Children (CCPWC).

## Statement in regard to Lok Sabha Unstarred question No. 832 for reply on 07.02.2017 regarding Cyber Crime and Economic Offence

State/UT-wise total number of cases registered under cyber crime during 2013-2015

| SL   | 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

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

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