Lok Sabha Question No. 1014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Advance Centre for Cyber Security
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1014

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022/ MAGHA 19, 1943 (SAKA) ADVANCE CENTRE FOR CYBER SECURITY

1014. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has adequate techno facilities with State of art  technology  gadgets  to  combat  and  curb  the  increasing  incidents  of cyber crime menace and cyber frauds in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  amount  earmarked  disbursed exclusively to develop Cyber Policing in the country during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c)  whether  an  Advanced  Centre  for  Cyber  Security  in  the  country  to combat increasing cyber crimes is the need of the hour; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, if not the reasons  therefor and  the Government's reaction in this regard?

## 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 to the Constitution of India. States/UTs are primarily responsible for deployment of adequate infrastructure facilities, state-of-art technology gadgets, manpower and training of police personnel 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.

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To  strengthen  the  mechanism  to  deal  with  cyber  crimes  in  a comprehensive  and  coordinated  manner,  the  Central  Government  has taken steps which, inter-alia, include the following:

- i. Ministry of Home  Affairs 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.
- ii. The  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.
- iii. Massive  Open  Online  Courses  (MOOC)  platform,  namely  'CyTrain' portal  has  been  developed  under  Indian  Cyber  Crime  Coordination Centre (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.
- iv. The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (www.cybercrime.gov.in) has  been  launched,  as  a  part  of  I4C,  to  enable  public  to  report incidents pertaining to all types of cyber crimes, with special focus on cyber crimes against women and children. Cyber crime incidents reported  on  this portal, their  conversion into  FIRs  and  subsequent

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action  thereon  are  handled  by  the  State/UT  Law  Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) concerned as per the provisions of the law.

- v. Citizen  Financial  Cyber  Fraud  Reporting  and  Management  System, under  I4C,  has  been  launched  for  immediate  reporting  of  financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by the fraudsters.
- vi. Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams have been constituted under I4C  covering  the  whole  country  based  upon  cybercrime  hotspots/ areas  having  multi  jurisdictional  issues  and  in  consultation  with States/UTs to enhance the coordination framework among the LEAs of the States/UTs.
- vii. Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  provided  central  assistance  under 'Assistance  to  States  for  Modernization  of  Police'  Scheme  to  the State  Governments  for  the  acquisition  of  latest  weaponry,  training gadgets, advanced communication/forensic equipment, Cyber Policing  equipment  etc.  The  State  Governments  formulate  State Action Plans (SAPs) as per their strategic priorities and requirements including combating cyber crimes. The amounts of Central financial assistance  disbursed  under  this  scheme  during  the  last  3  financial years is as below:

## LS.US.Q.NO.1014 FOR 08.02.2022

(Rs. in Crore)

| Year    |   Allocation | Released   |
|---------|--------------|------------|
| 2018-19 |       769    | 768.83     |
| 2019-20 |       791.3  | 781.12     |
| 2020-21 |       770.76 | 103.25*    |

(*Funds  against  allocations  could  not  be  released  to  most  of  the States as they had substantial unspent balances.)

viii. Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  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.  Details  of  funds released to States/UTs upto March, 2021 under CCPWC Scheme is at Annexure-I. Additional funds are being released to the States/UTs on demand  basis  and  Utilisation  Certificate  furnished.  Cyber  forensiccum-training laboratories have been commissioned in 28 States/UTs, namely  Andhra  Pradesh,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Chhattisgarh,  Gujarat, Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Kerala,  Karnataka,  Madhya  Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu, Punjab, Assam, Tripura, Puducherry, J&K, Chandigarh, Rajasthan and West Bengal.

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- ix. 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.
- x. Cyber  Forensics  Lab  at  the  Indian  Computer  Emergency  Response Team  (CERT-In)  has  been  notified  as  an  Examiner  of  Electronic Evidence in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and is equipped with tools to carry out  analysis  of  digital  evidences  extracted  from  data  storage  and mobile devices. Cyber Forensics Lab is being utilised for analysis of cyber  security  incidents  and  supports  LEAs  in  forensic  analysis. CERT-In also imparts training to the LEAs through workshops.

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## Details  of  funds  released  to  the  States/UTs  up  to  31.03.2021  under  Cyber  Crime Prevention against women & Children (CCPWC) Scheme

(₹. in crore)

| Sl.no     | States/UTs                           |   2017-21 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                       |      4.42 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |      1.65 |
| 3         | Assam                                |      4.19 |
| 4         | Bihar                                |      3.19 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                         |      2.59 |
| 6         | Goa                                  |      1.63 |
| 7         | Gujarat                              |      3.45 |
| 8         | Haryana                              |      2.53 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                     |      1.81 |
| 10        | Jammu and Kashmir                    |      1.7  |
| 11        | Jharkhand                            |      1.82 |
| 12        | Karnataka                            |      4.46 |
| 13        | Kerala                               |      4.34 |
| 14 Madhya | Pradesh                              |      2.85 |
| 15        | Maharashtra                          |      4.58 |
| 16        | Manipur                              |      1.63 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                            |      1.62 |
| 18        | Mizoram                              |      1.74 |
| 19        | Nagaland                             |      1.71 |
| 20        | Odisha                               |      3.82 |
| 21        | Punjab                               |      2.55 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                            |      4.4  |
| 23        | Sikkim                               |      1.62 |
| 24        | Telangana                            |      4.34 |
| 25 Tamil  | Nadu                                 |      2.99 |
| 26        | Tripura                              |      1.64 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh                        |      4.71 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                          |      1.66 |
| 29        | West Bengal                          |      4.32 |
| 30        | A&N Islands                          |      1.62 |
| 31        | Chandigarh                           |      1.61 |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |      3.2  |
| 33        | Delhi                                |      2.51 |
| 34        | Ladakh                               |      0    |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                          |      1.6  |
| 36        | Puducherry                           |      1.63 |
| Total     | Total                                |     96.13 |