Lok Sabha Question No. 1588 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-19
Subject: Cyber Crime Cases Registered
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, ANIL SHIROLE, George Baker, DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1588

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 19.12.2018

## CYBER CRIME CASES REGISTERED

## 1588. SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:   SHRI ANIL SHIROLE: SHRI GEORGE BAKER:   SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

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

- (a) the details of the number of cases of Cyber Crimes registered during the last three years and the current year across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  these  numbers  are  increasing  every  year  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons therefor and the action taken/being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government is planning to strengthen the powers of Telecom Regulator and Telecom Commission in this regard and if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be done;
- (d) whether  there  are  large  number  of  fake  accounts  on  various  e-mail  and  social  networking  sites which are being used for committing cyber fraud/crime and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government against the concerned websites and individuals; and
- (e) the  action  formulated  by  the  Government  to  safeguard  the  interest  of  the  users  of  Digital  India against leakage of sensitive data through cyber attacks?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):  As per the data maintained by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 9622, 11592  and  12,317  cyber  crime  cases  were  registered  during  the  years  2014,  2015  and  2016 respectively.  This  includes  cases  registered  under  the  Information  Technology  (IT)  Act,  2000  and related  sections  of  Indian  Penal  Code  and  Special  &  Local  Laws  involving  computer  as  medium/ target. NCRB is yet to publish cyber crime data for the year 2017. Statewise cybercrime details are at Annexure.

- (c): There is no such proposal with the Ministry at present.

(d) and (e): Cyber space is a complex environment of people, software, hardware and services on the Internet.  With  a  borderless  cyberspace  coupled  with  the  possibility  of  instant  communication  and anonymity, the potential for committing cyber crime through the use of social media is higher than ever. Instances of using the social networking websites by terror groups has come to the notice of the Government from time to time. With the proliferation of Information Technology and related services there is a rise in instances of cyber crimes in the country like elsewhere in the world. The Police and Public Order are State subjects under the Constitution and as such the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations are primarily responsible for prevention, detection, registration and investigation  of  crimes  including  cyber  frauds/crime  and  for  prosecuting  the  criminals  through  Law Enforcement machinery within their jurisdictions. The Social Networking Sites are also providing for reporting of such duplicate accounts on their sites.

Further,  National  Crime  Record  Bureau  (NCRB)  collects  and  maintains  statistical  data  of  police recorded cognizable crimes from 36 States /Union Territories. As per the data maintained by NCRB, A total  of  428  cases,  1,083  cases  &  1,597  cases  were  registered  under  Punishment  for  cheating  by personation  by  using  computer  resource  [section  66D  of  Information  Technology  (IT)  Act,  2000] during  2014,  2015  &  2016  respectively,  showing  a  mixed  trend.  Data  for  the  year  2017  is  under compilation.

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| State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS),Cases Convicted (CON),Persons Arrested (PAR),Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Total Cyber Crimes during 2014-2016   |
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