Lok Sabha Question No. 5350 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Cyber Police Stations
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, Janardan Singh Sigriwal, S. Muniswamy, Prathap Simha, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5350

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH  APRIL, 2022/ CHAITRA 15, 1944 (SAKA)

## CYBER POLICE STATIONS

5350.        SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number of cyber police stations functioning at present in the country, State/UT-wise including Bihar;
- (b) whether the Government has any proposal to increase the number of cyber police  stations  in  different  parts  of  the  country  keeping  in  view  increasing cases of financial frauds;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor; and
- (d)  the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  combat  cyber crimes especially financial frauds in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a)  to  (d): 'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The responsibility to maintain the law and order,  including  setting  up  of  cyber  police  stations  rests  primarily  with  the respective State/UT Government. The Bureau of Police Research and Development  (BPR&D)  compiles  and  publishes  the  statistical  data  on  cyber crime  police   stations  in  its  publication  'Data  on Police Organizations'. The

## LS.US.Q.NO.5350 FOR 05.04.2022

latest published report is for the year 2020. As per the data published by the BPR&D,  State/UT-wise  detail of the cyber crime police stations , as on 01.01.2020  is  at  Annexure.  The  States/UTs  set  up  the  police  stations  as  per requirement.

To  strengthen  the  mechanism  to  deal  with  cyber  crimes, including the  financial  frauds,  in    a  comprehensive    and    coordinated    manner,    the Central  Government  has taken  steps  for  spreading  awareness  about  cyber crimes;    issuance    of    alerts/  advisories;  capacity  building/  training  of      law enforcement personnel/ prosecutors/ judicial officers; improving cyber forensic facilities,  etc.  The  Government  has  established  the ' Indian  Cyber  Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) ' to provide a framework and eco-system for LEAs to deal  with  cyber  crimes  in  a  comprehensive  and  coordinated  manner.  The Government has launched the ' National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal ' (www.cybercrime.gov.in)  to  enable  the  public  to  report  all  types  of  cyber crimes, with special focus on cyber crimes against women and children. Cyber crime  incidents  reported  on  this  portal  are  routed  automatically  to  the respective  State/UT  law  enforcement  agency  for  further  handling  as  per  the provisions of law. The ' Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management  System ' module  has  been  launched  for  immediate  reporting  of financial  frauds  and  to  stop  siphoning  off  fund  by  the  fraudsters. A  toll-free Helpline number '1930' has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.

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## LS.US.Q.NO.5350 FOR 05.04.2022

## Annexure

## State/UT -wise details of cyber crime police stations

| Sl.No.   | STATES/UTs        | Number of cyber crime police station   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                                      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                      |
| 3        | Assam             | 0                                      |
| 4        | Bihar             | 1                                      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 1                                      |
| 6        | Goa               | 1                                      |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 4                                      |
| 8        | Haryana           | 2                                      |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                                      |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 7                                      |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 51                                     |
| 12       | Kerala            | 4                                      |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 1                                      |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 43                                     |
| 15       | Manipur           | 1                                      |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 1                                      |
| 17       | Mizoram           | 1                                      |
| 18       | Nagaland          | 1                                      |
| 19       | Odisha            | 4                                      |
| 20       | Punjab            | 2                                      |
| 21       | Rajasthan         | 2                                      |
| 22       | Sikkim            | 0                                      |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        | 0                                      |
| 24       | Telangana         | 3                                      |
| 25       | Tripura           | 0                                      |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     | 2                                      |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 1                                      |
| 28       | West Bengal       | 31                                     |
| 29       | A & N Islands     | 0                                      |
| 30       | Chandigarh        | 0                                      |
| 31       | D & N Haveli      | 0                                      |
| 32       | Daman & Diu       | @                                      |
| 33       | Delhi             | 0                                      |
| 34       | Jammu and Kashmir | 2                                      |
| 35       | Ladakh            | 0                                      |
| 36       | Lakshadweep       | 0                                      |
| 37       | Puducherry        | 1                                      |
|          | TOTAL             | 169                                    |

Source: BPR&D publication 'Data on Police Organizations', 2020

@ Data of Daman & Diu is included in D & N Haveli as Combined data provided by both the UTs