Lok Sabha Question No. 601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Cyber Crime
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.601

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.02.2019

## CYBER CRIME

## 601. SHRIMAT KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

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

- (a) the details of the cyber crimes reported during the last three years along with the current status of said crimes;
- (b) the increase in such crimes in terms of percentage during the said period, state-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any step to deal with cyber crimes by making strict cyber laws; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and

## 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), Ministry of Home Affairs,  a total of 9622, 11592 and 12317 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. Data for year 2017 is still under compilation by NCRB. Statewise cybercrime details are at Annexure.

(c)  and  (d):  The  Information  Technology  Act,  2000  has  provisions  to  deal  with  prevalent  cyber  crimes. Government has taken a number of legal, technical and administrative measures to prevent cyber crimes. These inter alia, include:

- (i) Government has established National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) as per the provisions of Section 70A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 for protection of critical information infrastructure in the country.
- (ii) 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 is available on its website (www.cert-in.org.in).
- (iii) Government  has  set  up  National  Cyber  Coordination  Centre  (NCCC)  to  generate  necessary situational awareness of existing and potential cyber security threats and enable timely information sharing for proactive, preventive and protective actions by individual entities.
- (iv) 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.
- (v) National Information Centre (NIC), which provides IT / E-Governance  related services to Government departments, protects the cyber resources from possible compromises through a layered security approach in the form of practices, procedures and technologies that are put in place. NIC has deployed  state-of-the-art  security  solutions  including  firewalls,  intrusion  prevention  systems,  antivirus  solution.  Additionally,  periodic  security  audits  of  resources  are  performed  followed  by
- subsequent hardenings. These are complemented by round-the -clock monitoring of security events and remedial measures are carried out for solving the problems subsequently.
- (vi) Government has established security and safety test labs under Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate. Three major labs are functioning at Delhi, Kolkata and Bengaluru for security assessment of software (including computer programmes).
- (vii) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has launched a portal www.cybercrime.gov.in for public to report complaints of child pornography and sexually abusive explicit content.

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Annexure State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),under Total Cyber Crimes during 2014-2016

| SL   | State/UT          | 2014   | 2015   | 2015       | 2016   |            |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|------------|--------|------------|
| SL   | State/UT          | CR     | CR     | % Increase | CR     | % Increase |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 282    | 536    | 90%        | 616    | 15%        |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 18     | 6      | -67%       | 4      | -33%       |
| 3    | Assam             | 379    | 483    | 27%        | 696    | 44%        |
| 4    | Bihar             | 114    | 242    | 112%       | 309    | 28%        |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 123    | 103    | -16%       | 90     | -13%       |
| 6    | Goa               | 62     | 17     | -73%       | 31     | 82%        |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 227    | 242    | 7%         | 362    | 50%        |
| 8    | Haryana           | 151    | 224    | 48%        | 401    | 79%        |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 38     | 50     | 32%        | 31     | -38%       |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir    | 37     | 34     | -8%        | 28     | -18%       |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 93     | 180    | 94%        | 259    | 44%        |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 1020   | 1447   | 42%        | 1101   | -24%       |
| 13   | Kerala            | 450    | 290    | -36%       | 283    | -2%        |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 289    | 231    | -20%       | 258    | 12%        |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 1879   | 2195   | 17%        | 2380   | 8%         |
| 16   | Manipur           | 13     | 6      | -54%       | 11     | 83%        |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 60     | 56     | -7%        | 39     | -30%       |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 22     | 8      | -64%       | 1      | -88%       |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 0      | 0      |            | 2      |            |
| 20   | Odisha            | 124    | 386    | 211%       | 317    | -18%       |
| 21   | Punjab            | 226    | 149    | -34%       | 102    | -32%       |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 697    | 949    | 36%        | 941    | -1%        |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 4      | 1      | -75%       | 1      | 0%         |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 172    | 142    | -17%       | 144    | 1%         |
| 25   | Telangana         | 703    | 687    | -2%        | 593    | -14%       |
| 26   | Tripura           | 5      | 13     | 160%       | 8      | -38%       |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 1737   | 2208   | 27%        | 2639   | 20%        |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 42     | 48     | 14%        | 62     | 29%        |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 355    | 398    | 12%        | 478    | 20%        |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 9322   | 11331  | 22%        | 12187  | 8%         |
| 30   | A &NIslands       | 13     | 6      | -54%       | 3      | -50%       |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 55     | 77     | 40%        | 26     | -66%       |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 3      | 0      | -100%      | 1      |            |
| 33   | Daman &Diu        | 1      | 1      | 0%         | 0      | -100%      |

| 34   | Delhi UT          |   226 |   177 | -22%   |    98 | -45%   |
|------|-------------------|-------|-------|--------|-------|--------|
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |     1 |     0 | -100%  |     0 |        |
| 36   | Puducherry        |     1 |     0 | -100%  |     2 |        |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |   300 |   261 | -13%   |   130 | -50%   |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |  9622 | 11592 | 20%    | 12317 | 6%     |

Source: Crime in India