Lok Sabha Question No. 1163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: Cyber Attack on Government Website
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand, Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1163

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 14.12.2022

## CYBER ATTACK ON GOVERNMENT WEBSITE

## 1163.   SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND: DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI: THANGAPANDIAN: SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government especially the cyber police in India has adequate techno/research  facilities  with  state  of  art  technology  gadgets  to  combat  and  curb  any cyber  attacks  on  Government  websites  or  data  within  the  country  or  instigated  from foreign countries;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the amount earmarked/disbursed exclusively to develop state of art Cyber Policing in the country;
- (c) whether the Government has plans to establish a Cyber Security training institute in the country for police personnel to combat ever increasing cyber crimes; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and (b):  'Police' and 'Public order' are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.  As  such  the  responsibility  of  tackling  cybercrime  lies  primarily  with  Sate Government  and  State  Police.  The  State  Government  is  responsible  to  equip  their  police forces  with  adequate  techno/research  facilities,  state-of-art  technology  gadgets  and  training for  cyber  policing.  The  Central  Government  supplements  the  initiatives  of  the  State Governments  through  various  advisories  and  schemes  for  capacity  building  of  their  law enforcement  agencies  (LEAs).  In  addition,  CERT-In  provide  support  to  law  enforcement agencies during the course of the investigation when required.

Under the Cybercrime Prevention against Women and Children Scheme, financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 99.88 crore has been provided to States and Union territories for setting up of  cyber  forensic-cum-training  laboratories,  hiring  of  junior  cyber  consultants  and  capacity building of LEAs, public prosecutors and judicial officers. Under the Assistance to States for Modernization of Police Scheme, a total amount of Rs. 1,042.94 crore has been released to various  States  and  Union  territories,  during  the  last  three  years  for  acquisition  of  latest training  gadgets,  advanced  communication/forensic  equipment,  cyber  policing  equipment, etc.

(c) and (d): A Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform, named 'CyTrain' portal, was developed under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs, for capacity building of police officers and judicial officers through online courses on critical aspects of cybercrime investigation, forensics, prosecution etc., along with certification.  In  addition,  training  curriculum  was  prepared  for  police  personnel,  public prosecutors and judicial officers for better handling of investigation and prosecution. States and Union Territories have been requested to organise training programmes accordingly.

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