Lok Sabha Question No. 2270 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-28
Subject: Cyber Crime against Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, CH. MALLA REDDY, B.N. CHANDRAPPA, VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2270

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2017

## CYBER CRIME AGAINST CHILDREN

## 2270.   SHRI D.K. SURESH:

SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of growing incidents of cyber crime targeting children in the country, if so, the details thereof indicating the number of such incidents reported during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has also taken note that lack of digital literacy and online safety measures expose children to hazards of cyber crime and if so, the efforts made to deal with the problem of online child sexual abuse material so as to check cyber crime against children;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  constituted  an  Inter-Ministerial  Committee  to  curb  the menace of online child sexual abuse material and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has enhanced the scope of POCSO e-box to lodge complaints of cyber crime and handle cyber bullying/stalking, morphing of images and child pornography and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government also plans to establish a National Alliance against Online Child Sexual  Abuse  and  Exploitation,  focussing  primarily  on  online  content  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI  KRISHNA  RAJ)

- (a) As per 'Crime in India' published  by  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB),  the number of incidents of cyber crime targeting children in the country reported during the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 under the Information Technology Act, 2000, Indian Penal Code,  1860  are  5693,  9622  and  11592  respectively.  The  cyber  crime  cases  reported under Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act, 2012 during the year 2014 and 2015 are 40 and 94 respectively.

The  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (NCPCR)  has  also received two complaints of cyber crime against children through its POCSO e-Box from Uttar Pradesh one each during the year 2016-17 and the year 2017-18. The State/UTwise details of cases are given at Annexure

- (b) In  order  to  curb  Child  Pornography,  Government  of  India  had  taken  the  following initiatives  :
- I. Blocking based on Interpol List : Interpol's 'Worst of List'  on online Child Sexual Abuse  Materials(CSAM)    being  blocked  regularly.  Last  blocking  has  been  done  in June 2017 and around 3522 number of websites has been blocked.

Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  have  issued  an  order  for disabling/removing  access  to  child  pornography  sites  to  adopt  and  implement  IWF Resources  within  31.07.2017  to  prevent  the  distribution  and  transmission  of  online

- II. Blocking based on Internet Watch Foundation(IWF) List : CSAM into India.
- III. Parental Control Filters :

Department of Telecommunications has communicated  to all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to spread awareness among their subscribers about the use of Parental Control  filters  in  the  end  user  machines  through  messages  of  email  invoices  SMS, websites, etc.

- (c) An inter-ministerial committee was constituted to discuss the issues related to online child  sexual  abuse  materials  (CSAM)  and  its  blocking  in  India  on  29.12.2016. Govt.  have  issued  an  order  to  Internet  Service  Providers(ISPs)  through  Dept.  of Telecommunications  and Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) to adopt and implement IWF list on or before 31.07.2017 to prevent the distribution and transmission of Online CSAM into India.
- (d) NCPCR  has  enhanced  the  scope  of  POCSO   E-Box  to  handle  cyber  crimes  against children. All stakeholders are sensitized through print media to use POCSO E-Box.
- (e) The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  has  created  a  dedicated  e-mail( complaint-mwcd@gov.in) solely to  address  and  resolve  the  issues  of  hateful  conduct and stalking on Social Media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook etc with effect from July, 2016. It is reported to Twitter India and cyber crime cells of the police authorities. So  far,  97  complaints  were  received  against  online  stalking,  abuse  on  Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Email, etc. which are dealt with as per the rules.

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## Annexure

Annexure  with  reference  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred  Question  No  2270  for  28.07.2017 regarding Cyber Crimes against Children

## State/UT-wise  number  of  cases  of Cyber  Crime  against  children  reported  during  the years 2013 to 2015

| Sr. No.   | Name of the State   |   Cyber Crime Cases reported under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012. |   Cyber Crime Cases reported under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012. | Cyber Crime Cases reported under IT Act, 2000 &IPC Act, 1860   |   Cyber Crime Cases reported under IT Act, 2000 &IPC Act, 1860 |   Cyber Crime Cases reported under IT Act, 2000 &IPC Act, 1860 |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                     |                                                                                     2014 |                                                                                     2015 | 2013                                                           |                                                           2014 |                                                           2015 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                       11 | 651                                                            |                                                            282 |                                                            536 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 10                                                             |                                                             18 |                                                              6 |
| 3         | Assam               |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 154                                                            |                                                            379 |                                                            483 |
| 4         | Bihar               |                                                                                        1 |                                                                                        0 | 139                                                            |                                                            114 |                                                            242 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        |                                                                                        1 |                                                                                       26 | 101                                                            |                                                            123 |                                                            103 |
| 6         | Goa                 |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 58                                                             |                                                             62 |                                                             17 |
| 7         | Gujarat             |                                                                                        3 |                                                                                        1 | 77                                                             |                                                            227 |                                                            242 |
| 8         | Haryana             |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        3 | 323                                                            |                                                            151 |                                                            224 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 28                                                             |                                                             38 |                                                             50 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir      |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 46                                                             |                                                             37 |                                                             34 |
| 11        | Jharkhand           |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                       17 | 26                                                             |                                                             93 |                                                            180 |
| 12        | Karnataka           |                                                                                        5 |                                                                                        9 | 533                                                            |                                                           1020 |                                                           1447 |
| 13        | Kerala              |                                                                                        1 |                                                                                        0 | 383                                                            |                                                            450 |                                                            290 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh      |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 342                                                            |                                                            289 |                                                            231 |
| 15        | Maharashtra         |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 907                                                            |                                                           1879 |                                                           2195 |
| 16        | Manipur             |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 1                                                              |                                                             13 |                                                              6 |
| 17        | Meghalaya           |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 17                                                             |                                                             60 |                                                             56 |
| 18        | Mizoram             |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 0                                                              |                                                             22 |                                                              8 |
| 19        | Nagaland            |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        1 | 0                                                              |                                                              0 |                                                              0 |
| 20        | Odisha              |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        1 | 104                                                            |                                                            124 |                                                            386 |
| 21        | Punjab              |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 156                                                            |                                                            226 |                                                            149 |
| 22        | Rajasthan           |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 297                                                            |                                                            697 |                                                            949 |
| 23        | Sikkim              |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 0                                                              |                                                              4 |                                                              1 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu          |                                                                                       20 |                                                                                        8 | 90                                                             |                                                            172 |                                                            142 |
| 25        | Telangna            |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | -                                                              |                                                            703 |                                                            687 |
| 26        | Tripura             |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 14                                                             |                                                              5 |                                                             13 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh       |                                                                                        5 |                                                                                       19 | 682                                                            |                                                           1737 |                                                           2208 |
| 28        | Uttrakhand          |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 27                                                             |                                                             42 |                                                             48 |
| 29        | West Bengal         |                                                                                        4 |                                                                                        0 | 342                                                            |                                                            355 |                                                            398 |
| 30        | A &NIslands         |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 18                                                             |                                                             13 |                                                              6 |
| 31        | Chandigarh UT       |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 11                                                             |                                                             55 |                                                             77 |
| 32        | D &NHaveli          |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 0                                                              |                                                              3 |                                                              0 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu          |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 1                                                              |                                                              1 |                                                              1 |
| 34        | Delhi UT            |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 150                                                            |                                                            226 |                                                            177 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep         |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 0                                                              |                                                              1 |                                                              0 |
| 36        | Puducherry          |                                                                                        0 |                                                                                        0 | 5                                                              |                                                              1 |                                                              0 |
|           | Total:              |                                                                                       40 |                                                                                       96 | 5693                                                           |                                                           9622 |                                                          11592 |