Lok Sabha Question No. 1738 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Cyber Crimes
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1738

TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  THE  02 ND   JULY,  2019/  ASHADHA  11,  1941 (SAKA)

## CYBER CRIMES

1738.     SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there has been a steep increase in cyber-crimes in the country in recent years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof for the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to check cyber crimes;
- (d) whether the Government is planning to introduce any new policy to address this issue; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) & (b): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects as per the Constitution  of  India;  and  States/UTs  are  primarily  responsible  for prevention, detection, investigation  and  prosecution  of  crimes through  their  law  enforcement  machinery.  The  Law  Enforcement Agencies  take  legal  action  as  per  provisions  of  law  against  the cyber  crime  offenders.   As  per  National  Crime  Records   Bureau

## L.S.US.Q.NO.1738 FOR 02.07.2019

(NCRB), the State/UT wise details of cyber crime cases registered during 2014-2016 is at   Annexure-I.

(c) to (e): Central Government has taken steps to spread awareness about such crimes, issue of  alerts/advisories,  capacity building/training  of  law  enforcement  officers/  judges/  prosecutors, improving cyber forensics facilities etc. to prevent such crimes and to speed up investigation.

The Government has launched the online cybercrime reporting portal,  www.cybercrime.gov.in  to  enable  complainants  to  report complaints  pertaining  to  Child  Pornography/Child  Sexual  Abuse Material, rape/gang rape imageries or sexually explicit content.

The  Ministry  has  sanctioned  a  scheme  for  establishment  of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C).  The main objective of the I4C Scheme is to set up a national cybercrime coordination center for law enforcement agencies of States/UTs as an effective apparatus to handle issues related to cybercrime in the country.

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Cyber Crime Statistics

| S. NO.   | 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 & N Islands     |     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 |

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ANNEXURE-I L.S.US.Q.NO.1738 FOR 02.07.2019