Lok Sabha Question No. 3792 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: Internet Crime
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Queen Oja, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Shankar Lalwani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3792

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 11.12.2019

## INTERNET CRIME

## 3792.  SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL: SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI:

Will the Minister of Electronics & Information Technology be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether internet crime has increased by about 457 per cent during the last five years and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to check it;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  impart  training  to  the  officers  of  law enforcing  agencies  to  check  cyber  crime  and  for  digital  forensic  etc.  in  view  of  the increasing incidents of cyber crime in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to set up a call centre in each district of the country to check cyber crime and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e):   As per records available with National Crimes Records Bureau (NCRB), number of  cyber  crimes  registered  during  2013,  2014,  2015,  2016  &  2017  is  5693,  9622,  11592, 12317 & 21796 respectively.

'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Constitution  of  India;  and prevention,  detection,  investigation  and  prosecution  of  crimes;  and  capacity  building  of police  personnel  are  primarily  responsibility  of  States.  The  Law  Enforcement  Agencies (LEAs) take legal action as per provisions of law against the cyber crime offenders. However, Government  of  India  helps  States  in  combating  cyber  crimes  by  assisting  them  through advisories  and  funds  under  various  schemes.  In  this  regard,  the  Government  has,  taken several measures which, inter alia , includes:

-  Under  Cyber  Crime  Prevention  against  Women  and  Children  (CCPWC)  Scheme,  the financial  assistance  has  been  given  to  States/UTs  for  setting  up  Cyber  Forensic  Cum Training Laboratories, hiring of Junior Cyber Consultants and training/capacity building to provide hands-on training to LEAs personnel, prosecutors and judicial officers.
-  National  Cyber  Crime  Reporting  Portal,  www.cybercrime.gov.in  has  been  launched  to enable  citizens  to  online  report  complaints  pertaining  to  all  types  of  cyber  crimes  with special focus on cyber crimes against women and children. Complaints reported on this portal  are  attended  by  the  respective  Law  Enforcement  Authorities  of  States.  A  nationwide  helpline  number  [155260]  is  also  made  functional  to  help  the  public  in  filing complaints through the portal.
-  'Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)' has been set up to deal with cybercrimes in coordinated and effective manner and it has a component namely National Cybercrime Training Centre for capacity building in the field of cyber crime investigation.
-  Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord) portal has been launched to provide a platform to the Law Enforcement Agencies and other stakeholders to collaborate and coordinate their efforts to resolve cyber crime, and for other cyber related issues like sharing case studies / research findings, experience sharing, formulation of research problems, finding solutions to complex cyber issues, etc.
-  MHA has issued alerts/advisories about cyber crimes to States/UTs. Various advisories have been issued to States which are available on www.mha.gov.in.
-  MHA  has  prepared  training  curriculum  for  LEAs  personnel,  prosecutors  and  judicial officers for better handling of investigation and prosecution. So far, more than 8500 LEA personnel, judicial officers and prosecutors have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc. under CCPWC Scheme.

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