Lok Sabha Question No. 3508 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-17
Subject: Cases of Cyber Frauds
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3508

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 17.03.2021

## CASES OF CYBER FRAUDS

## 3508. SHRIMATI RANJANBEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

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

- (a) whether the cases of cyber frauds have increased during the recent period and if so, the details thereof including t number of such cases reported during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise including Delhi; and
- (b) whether the  Government has  taken  any  action  in  the  regard  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reaso therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a):  With the increase in use of cyber space, number of cyber crimes including cyber frauds is increasing. As per the da provided  by  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB),  the  State/UT-wise  cases  registered  for  frauds  under  cyb crimes during 2017-2019 are given at Annexure - I.

- (b):   Government has taken following measures to enhance the cyber security posture  of the country:
- i) Government  has  launched  the  online  National  Cyber  Crime  reporting  portal  www.cybecrime.gov.in  to  enab citizens  to  report  complaints  pertaining  to  all  types  of  cyber  crimes  with  special  focus  on  cyber  crimes  again women  and  children.  Besides,  a  toll  free  number  155260  has  also  been  made  operational  for  citizens  to  g assistance in lodging online complaints on the portal in their own language.
- ii) Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is working in coordination with Reserve Bank of Ind (RBI) and banks to track and disable phishing websites.
- iii) CERT-In issues alerts and advisories regarding latest cyber threats and countermeasures on regular basis to ensu safe usage of digital technologies.
- iv) Security tips have been published for users to secure their desktops, mobile/smart phones and preventing phishi attacks.
- v) All  authorised entities/  banks  issuing  Prepaid  Payment  Instruments  (PPIs)  in  the  country  have  been  advised CERT-In through Reserve bank of India to carry out special audit by empanelled auditors of CERT-In on a priori basis  and  to  take  immediate  steps  thereafter  to  comply  with  the  findings  of  the  audit  report  and  ensu implementation of security best practices.
- vi) Government has empanelled security auditing organisations to support and audit implementation of Informati Security Best Practices.
- vii) Cyber  security  mock  drills  are  being  conducted  regularly  to  enable  assessment  of  cyber  security  posture  a preparedness of organisations in Government and critical sectors. 50 such drills have so far been conducted CERT-In where 450 organisations from different States and sectors such as Finance, Defence, Power, Teleco Transport,  Energy,  Space,  Information  Technology/  Information  Technology  enabled  services  (IT/ITeS),  e participated. Out of these drills, 12 drills were conducted in coordination with the Reserve Bank of India and T Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology for financial sector organisations.
- viii) Government is operating the Cyber Swachhta Kendra (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre). The cent is providing detection of malicious programs and free tools to remove the same for citizens and organisations.
- ix) Ministry  of  Electronics  &  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  is  conducting  programs  to  generate  informati security awareness. Specific books, videos and online materials are developed for children, parents and gener users  about  information  security  which  are  disseminated  through  Portals  like  'www.infosecawareness.in',  a 'www.cyberswachhtakendra.gov.in'.

## Annexure - I

As per National Crime  Records Bureau  (NCRB), State/UT-wise cases registered for  fraud (Section 420 read with Section 465, 468-471 IPC read with Information Technology Act) under Cyber Crimes during 2017-2019 are given below:

| SL   | State/UT          |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |    166 |    195 |    703 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 3    | Assam             |      5 |      6 |     83 |
| 4    | Bihar             |    427 |    357 |   1008 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |     33 |     18 |     35 |
| 6    | Goa               |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |    123 |    139 |    107 |
| 8    | Haryana           |     53 |      0 |    107 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir    |      3 |      3 |      6 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |     72 |    175 |     18 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |     11 |     49 |      7 |
| 13   | Kerala            |     20 |     14 |     14 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |     66 |     43 |     25 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |   1426 |   1036 |   1681 |
| 16   | Manipur           |      5 |      0 |      0 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |      3 |      0 |      0 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 20   | Odisha            |    333 |    392 |    956 |
| 21   | Punjab            |      5 |      7 |     35 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |     92 |     72 |    324 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |     21 |      5 |     11 |
| 25   | Telangana         |    277 |    347 |    282 |
| 26   | Tripura           |      3 |      0 |      0 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |    270 |    454 |    813 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |      1 |     28 |      3 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |     22 |      4 |      4 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |   3437 |   3344 |   6222 |
| 30   | A&N Islands       |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |      6 |      2 |      0 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 33   | Daman &Diu        |      0 |      0 |      0 |

| 34   | Delhi             |   23 |    3 |   11 |
|------|-------------------|------|------|------|
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |    0 |    2 |    0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |    0 |    0 |    0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |   29 |    9 |   11 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 3466 | 3353 | 6233 |

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