Lok Sabha Question No. 1277 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Cyber Lab
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1277

TO BE ANSWERED ON:  09.02.2022

## CYBER LAB

## 1277.    SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to establish any cyber lab for online capacity building on Cyber Act, crime investigation and digital forensic;
- (b) if so, the time by which it is likely to be established;
- (c)  whether the Government proposes to make State cyber cells, police officers and other law enforcement agencies more efficient under the aforesaid programme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof especially in the State of Gujarat?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) to  (d):'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh  Schedule  to  the Constitution  of  India.  States/UTs  are  primarily  responsible  to  maintain  the  law  and  order including setting up of cyber police stations, establishing infrastructure facilities and cyber lab, capacity  building  and  training  of  police  personnel  on  cyber  act,  crime  investigation,  digital forensics etc, to combat the cyber crime menace.

The Central Government supplements the initiatives of the State Governments through various advisories and schemes for the capacity building of their LEAs.

In  order  to  make  Internet  Safe  &  Trusted  for  all  its  users,  Ministry  of  Electronics  and Information  Technology  has  initiated  many  projects  like  Setting  up  of  a  Collaborative  and Comprehensive  Live  Cyber  Operations  Specific  Exercise  Training  Facility  (CyberCloset)  for Indian Cyber Space, Development of Cyber Forensic Training cum Investigation Labs in NorthEastern  States  and  Cloud  based  centralized  Cyber  Forensics  Lab  Infrastructures  and  Capacity Development on Smart Device Forensics Investigations and Creation of Resource Centre for the North Eastern Police Forces.

Further, to strengthen the mechanism to deal with the cyber crimes Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)  has  taken steps for capacity building/ training of law enforcement personnel/ prosecutors/  judicial  officers;  improving  cyber  forensic  facilities;  etc.  MHA  has  set  up  the 'Indian  Cyber  Crime  Coordination  Centre  (I4C)'  to  deal  with  all  types  of  cyber  crime  in  the country, in a coordinated and comprehensive manner A state of the art National Cyber Forensic Laboratory has been established, as a part of the I4C, at CyPAD, Dwarka, New Delhi to provide early stage cyber forensic assistance to Investigating Officers (IOs) of State/UT Police. MHA has also  set  up  a  National  Cyber  Forensic  Lab  (Evidence)  at  Hyderabad  for  evidentiary  purpose which will provide the necessary forensic support in cases of evidence related to cyber crime.

A  Massive  Open  Online  Courses  (MOOC)  platform,  namely  'CyTrain'  portal  has  been developed  under  I4C  for  capacity  building  of  police  officers/judicial  officers  through  online course  on  critical  aspects  of  cybercrime  investigation,  forensics,  prosecution  etc.  along  with certification.  More  than  11,200  Police  Officers  from  States/UTs  are  registered  and  more  than 2750 Certificates issued through the portal. MHA has also provided financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 96.13 crore under Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme to the States/UTs for setting  up  of  cyber  forensic-cum-training  laboratories,  hiring  of junior  cyber  consultants  and  capacity  building  of  Law  Enforcement  Agencies  (LEAs),  public prosecutors and judicial officers. Cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories have been commissioned in 28 States/UTs including  Gujarat.  Training  curriculum  has  been  prepared  for LEA personnel, public prosecutors and judicial officers for better handling of investigation and prosecution. States/UTs have been requested to organize training programmes. More than 19,600 LEA personnel,  judicial  officers  and  prosecutors  have  been  provided  training  on  cyber  crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc. under CCPWC Scheme.

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