Lok Sabha Question No. 3675 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Prevention of Cyber Crime
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3675

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 08.08.2018

## PREVENTION OF CYBER CRIME

## 3675.     SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the legal, technical and administrative measures taken by the Government to prevent cyber crimes have achieved the desired results in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of cases of cyber crimes reported across the country during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State/UT-wise  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of such cases registered under the Information Technology Act, 2000, Indian Penal Code and other laws along with losses incurred in such cases across the country during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  sought  technical  aid  from  some  of  the  developed  countries  of  the world to prevent cyber crimes in the country;
- (e) if so, the details thereof, countrywise along with the reaction of the said countries thereto; and
- (f) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government in this direction?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR   ELECTRONICS AND  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S.S. AHLUWALIA)

(a),  (b)  and  (c):    There  are  adequate  legal  provisions  to  deal  with  prevalent  cyber  crimes.  As  per information provided  by  National  Crimes  Record  Bureau  (NCRB),  a  total  of  9622,  11592  and  12317 cases were registered under total cyber-crimes (involving computer as medium or target) in the country during  2014,  2015  and  2016  respectively.  State/UT-wise  cases  registered  under  cyber-crimes  during 2014-2016 is enclosed as Annexure-I.  Latest available data pertains to the year 2016. Head-wise cyber crime cases  registered,  cases  charge-sheeted,  cases  convicted,  persons  arrested,  persons  charge-sheeted and persons convicted under various sections of IT Act, Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special Act and Local Laws (SLL) during 2014-2016 is enclosed as Annexure-II. Data related to losses incurred are not maintained by NCRB.

- (d):   No, Sir.
- (e):   Does not arise.
- (f):    Government  has  taken  a  number  of  legal,  technical  and  administrative  measures  to  prevent  cyber crimes.  These inter alia , include:
- (i) Enactment  of  the  Information  Technology  (IT)  Act,  2000  which  has  adequate  provisions  for dealing with prevalent cyber crimes.
- (ii) Cyber  Crime  Cells  have  been  set  up  in  all  States  and  Union  Territories  for  reporting  and investigation of cyber crime cases.
- (iii) Government  has  established National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC)  as  per  the  provisions  of  Section  70A  of  the  IT  Act,  2000  for  protection  of  critical information infrastructure in the country.
- (iv) 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).
- (v) Government  has  set  up  cyber  forensic  training  and  investigation  labs  in  the  States  of  Kerala, Assam,  Mizoram,  Nagaland,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Tripura,  Meghalaya,  Manipur  and  Jammu  & Kashmir for training of law enforcement personnel and Judiciary in these States.
- (vi) RBI, vide its circular on 'Cyber Security Framework in Banks', has advised banks to report all unusual cyber security incidents to RBI. RBI reviews cyber security developments and threats on an ongoing basis and takes necessary measures to strengthen the cyber-resilience of banks. RBI has also advised banks to take necessary preventive and corrective measures address various types of cyber-threats.  Caution  advices  are  also  issued  as  and  when  necessary  for  preventing  and controlling frauds.
- (vii) Government  has  formulated  Cyber  Crisis  Management  Plan  for  countering  cyber  attacks  for implementation  by  all  Ministries/  Departments  of  Central  Government,  State  Governments  and their organizations and critical sectors. Regular workshops  are conducted for Ministries, Departments,  States  &  Union  Territories  and  critical  organizations  to  sensitize  them  about  the cyber  security  threat  landscape  and  enabling  them  to  prepare  and  implement  the  Cyber  Crisis Management Plan.
- (viii) Government has launched the Cyber Swachhta Kendra (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre). The centre is providing detection of malicious programs and free tools to remove the same for banks as well as common users.
- (ix) Cyber  security  exercises  are  being  conducted  regularly  to  enable  assessment  of  cyber  security posture and preparedness of organizations in Government and critical sectors. 30 such exercises have  so  far  been  conducted  by  CERT-In  wherein  organisations  from  different  sectors  such  as Finance, Defence, Power, Telecom, Transport, Energy, Space, IT/ITeS etc. participated.

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Annexure-I

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Cyber-Crimes during 2014-2016

| SL         | State/UT          |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |
|------------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh    |    282 |    536 |    616 |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh |     18 |      6 |      4 |
| 3          | Assam             |    379 |    483 |    696 |
| 4          | Bihar             |    114 |    242 |    309 |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh      |    123 |    103 |     90 |
| 6          | Goa               |     62 |     17 |     31 |
| 7          | Gujarat           |    227 |    242 |    362 |
| 8          | Haryana           |    151 |    224 |    401 |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh  |     38 |     50 |     31 |
| 10         | Jammu &Kashmir    |     37 |     34 |     28 |
| 11         | Jharkhand         |     93 |    180 |    259 |
| 12         | Karnataka         |   1020 |   1447 |   1101 |
| 13         | Kerala            |    450 |    290 |    283 |
| 14         | Madhya Pradesh    |    289 |    231 |    258 |
| 15         | Maharashtra       |   1879 |   2195 |   2380 |
| 16         | Manipur           |     13 |      6 |     11 |
| 17         | Meghalaya         |     60 |     56 |     39 |
| 18         | Mizoram           |     22 |      8 |      1 |
| 19         | Nagaland          |      0 |      0 |      2 |
| 20         | Odisha            |    124 |    386 |    317 |
| 21         | Punjab            |    226 |    149 |    102 |
| 22         | Rajasthan         |    697 |    949 |    941 |
| 23         | Sikkim            |      4 |      1 |      1 |
| 24         | Tamil Nadu        |    172 |    142 |    144 |
| 25         | Telangana         |    703 |    687 |    593 |
| 26         | Tripura           |      5 |     13 |      8 |
| 27         | Uttar Pradesh     |   1737 |   2208 |   2639 |
| 28         | Uttarakhand       |     42 |     48 |     62 |
| 29         | West Bengal       |    355 |    398 |    478 |
|            | TOTAL STATE(S)    |   9322 |  11331 |  12187 |
| 30         | A &NIslands       |     13 |      6 |      3 |
| 31         | Chandigarh        |     55 |     77 |     26 |
| 32         | D&N Haveli        |      3 |      0 |      1 |
| 33         | Daman &Diu        |      1 |      1 |      0 |
| 34         | Delhi UT          |    226 |    177 |     98 |
| 35         | Lakshadweep       |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 36         | Puducherry        |      1 |      0 |      2 |
|            | TOTAL UT(S)       |    300 |    261 |    130 |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)            |   9622 |  11592 |  12317 |

Source: Crime in India *******

Crime Head-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CV), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Conv

| SL                              | CrimeHead                                                                                                   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2015     | 2015      | 2015   | 2015    | 2015    | 2015   |
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------|-----------|--------|---------|---------|--------|
| SL                              | CrimeHead                                                                                                   | CR     | CCS    | CV     | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR       | CCS       | CV     | PAR     | PCS     | PCV 2  |
| 1 2                             | IT - Tampering computer source documents IT - Computer Related Offences (Section 66 and Section 66B to 66E) | 89     | 18     | 0      | 64     | 19     | 0      | 88 6567  | 36        | 2 159  | 62 4217 | 54 2558 | 207    |
| 2.1                             |                                                                                                             | 5548   | 1094   | 40 38  | 3131   | 1407   | 44 42  | 4154     | 1841 1510 | 143    | 3137    | 2104    | 179    |
| 2.2                             | Computer Related Offences-Under Section 66                                                                  | 4192   | 860    |        | 2423   | 1125   |        |          | 38        | 3      |         |         |        |
| 2.3                             | Computer Related Offences-Under Section 66B                                                                 | 82     | 27     | 0      | 53     | 30     | 0      | 132      |           | 8      | 91      | 49      | 3      |
| 2.4                             | Computer Related Offences-Under Section 66C                                                                 | 784    | 112    | 0      | 446    | 147    | 0      | 1081     | 160 100   | 2      | 562 327 | 210     | 18 2   |
| 2.5                             | Computer Related Offences-Under Section 66D 66E                                                             | 428    | 76     | 2      | 176    | 84     | 2      | 1083 117 | 33        | 3      | 100     | 156 39  |        |
|                                 | Computer Related Offences-Under Section                                                                     | 62     | 19     | 0      | 33     | 21     | 0      |          | 1         | 0      | 3       | 1       | 5      |
| 3 4                             | IT - Cyber Terrorism (Section 66F) IT - Publication/Transmission of Obscene/Sexually Explicit Content       | 5 758  | 0 186  | 0 5    | 0 491  | 0 270  | 0 6    | 13 816   | 335       | 15     | 555     | 506     | 0 21   |
| (Sec 67 And Sec 67A to 67C) 4.1 | Under Section 67 And Section 67A                                                                            | 749    | 183    | 5      | 487    | 266    | 6      | 792      | 329       | 13     | 545     | 500     | 19     |
| 4.2                             | Under Section 67B                                                                                           | 5      | 2      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0      | 8        | 5         | 2      | 7       | 6       | 2      |
| 4.3                             | Under Section 67C                                                                                           | 4      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 16       | 1         | 0      | 3       | 0       | 0      |
| 5                               | IT - Intentionally not complying with                                                                       | 3      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 2        | 3         | 0      | 3       | 5       | 0      |
| 6                               | the Order of Controller IT - Failure to Provide or Monitor or Intercept or Decrypt Information              | 2      | 0      | 0      | 4 0    | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 7                               | IT - Failure to Block Access any Information Hosted etc                                                     | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 8                               | IT - Not Providing Technical Assistance to Govt. to Enable Online                                           |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 3        | 0         | 0      | 0       |         | 0      |
| 9                               | Access IT - Un-authorized Access/Attempt to Access to Protected Computer                                    | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 8        | 3         | 0      | 4       | 0 4     | 0      |
| System 10                       | IT - Misrepresentation/Suppression of Fact for Obtaining License etc                                        | 5      | 2      | 0      | 13     | 3      | 0      | 4        | 5         | 0      | 2       | 12      | 0      |
| 11                              | IT - Breach of Confidentiality/Privacy                                                                      | 16     | 3      | 0      | 13     | 3      | 0      | 20       | 5         | 2      | 6       | 6       | 2      |
| 12                              | IT - Disclosure of Information in Breach of Lawful Contract                                                 | 2      | 1      | 0      | 5      | 5      | 0      | 4        | 1         | 0      | 2       | 2       | 0      |
| 13                              | IT - Publishing /Making Available False Elect. Signature Certificate                                        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 3        | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 14                              | IT - Create/Publish/Make Available Elec. Signature Certificate for Unlawful Purpose                         | 3      | 3      | 0      | 5      | 4      | 0      | 3        | 2         | 0      | 3       | 2       | 0      |
| 15                              | IT - Others                                                                                                 | 769    | 144    | 7      | 520    | 220    | 15     | 514      | 164       | 15     | 245     | 352     | 18     |
|                                 | Total Offences under IT Act (A)                                                                             | 7201   | 1451   | 52     | 4246   | 1931   | 65     | 8045     | 2396      | 193    | 5102    | 3502    | 250    |
| 1                               | IPC - Offences by Public Servant                                                                            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 2                               | IPC - Fabrication/Destruction of Electronic Records for Evidence                                            | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 4        | 2         | 1      | 2       | 2       | 1      |
| 3 IPC -                         | Cheating                                                                                                    | 1115   | 168    | 2      | 335    | 243    | 3      | 2255     | 259       | 10     | 754     | 441     | 14     |
| 4                               | IPC - Forgery                                                                                               | 63     | 13     | 0      | 58     | 38     | 0      | 45       | 13        | 0      | 72      | 63      | 0      |
| 5                               | IPC - Data Theft                                                                                            | 55     | 5      | 0      | 11     | 7      | 0      | 84       | 19        | 0      | 135     | 128     | 0      |
| 6 IPC                           | - Criminal Breach of Trust/Fraud                                                                            | 54     | 20     | 0      | 39     | 22     | 0      | 42       | 21        | 0      | 1292    | 34      | 0      |
| 6.1                             | IPC - Credit /Debit Card                                                                                    | 10     | 2      | 0      | 3      | 2      | 0      | 18       | 10        | 0      | 18      | 15      | 0      |
| 6.2                             | IPC - Others                                                                                                | 44     | 18     | 0      | 36     | 20     | 0      | 24       | 11        | 0      | 1274    | 19      | 0      |
| 7                               | IPC - Counterfeiting                                                                                        | 10     | 3      | 0      | 8      | 8      | 0      | 12       | 10        | 0      | 14      | 10      | 0      |
| 7.1                             | IPC - Currency                                                                                              | 10     | 3      | 0      | 8      | 8      | 0      | 12       | 10        | 0      | 14      | 10      | 0      |
| 7.2                             | IPC - Stamps                                                                                                | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 8                               | IPC - Others                                                                                                | 974    | 349    | 4      | 772    | 522    | 4      | 980      | 386       | 4      | 598     | 584     | 5      |
|                                 | Total Offences under IPC (B)                                                                                | 2272   | 558    | 6      | 1224   | 840    | 7      | 3422     | 710       | 15     | 2867    | 1262    | 20     |
| 1                               | Copyright Act, 1957                                                                                         | 118    | 95     | 18     | 167    | 135    | 23     | 113      | 90        | 26     | 135     | 139     | 32     |
| 1.1                             | Under Section 63                                                                                            | 74     | 60     | 15     | 108    | 80     | 19     | 55       | 54        | 17     | 66      | 80      | 19     |
| 1.2                             | Under Section 68A                                                                                           | 4      | 3      | 2      | 3      | 3      | 3      | 18       | 12        | 0      | 18      | 16      | 0      |
| 1.3                             | Others                                                                                                      | 40     | 32     | 1      | 56     | 52     | 1      | 40       | 24        | 9      | 51      | 43      | 13     |
| 2                               | Trade Marks Act, 1999                                                                                       | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 2.1                             | Under Section 102                                                                                           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 2.2                             | Under Section 103                                                                                           | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 2.3                             | Under Section 104                                                                                           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 2.4                             | Others                                                                                                      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      |
| 3                               | Other SLL Offences                                                                                          | 30     | 12     | 0      | 115    | 92     | 0      | 12       | 10        | 0      | 17      | 25      | 0      |
|                                 | Total SLL Offences (C)                                                                                      | 149    | 107    | 18     | 282    | 227    | 23     | 125      | 100       |        | 26 152  | 164     | 32     |
| Total Offences under            | Cyber Crime (A+B+C)                                                                                         |        | 2116   | 76     | 5752   | 2998   | 95     | 11592    | 3206      | 234    | 8121    | 4928    | 302    |
|                                 |                                                                                                             | 9622   |        |        |        |        |        |          |           |        |         |         |        |

Source: Crime in India

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