Lok Sabha Question No. 4517 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Cyber Crimes against Women and Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4517

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2023/ CHAITRA 7, 1945 (SAKA)

CYBER CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

†4517. SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details and the numbers of cyber crimes committed against women and children during each of the last three years;

(b)  the  criteria  fixed  by  the  Government  for  classifying  any  crime  as  a cyber crime;

(c) the details of laws being enacted/implemented by the Government to prevent the cyber crimes against women and children;

(d)  the  details  relating  to  Dadra  Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Union Territories in this regard; and

(e) the details of action taken by the Government in this regard so far?

ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e)  :    The  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and publishes the statistical data on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report is for the year 2021. As per the data published by the NCRB, State/UT (including Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu) wise details of cases registered under cyber crimes against women and children (involving communication devices as medium/target) during the period from 2019 to 2021 are at the Annexure-I & II respectively.

## L.S. USQ. NO. 4517 FOR 28.03.2023

'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. States/UTs are primarily responsible for  the  prevention,  detection,  investigation  and  prosecution  of  crimes including  cyber  crime  against  women  and  children  through  their  Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).

Offences using computer resources are mentioned in chapter 11 of Information  Technology  (IT)  Act  2000. The  Law  Enforcement  Agencies utilize the provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) , Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 to deal with cyber crimes against women and children.

The Central Government has taken various measures to supplement the  efforts  of  States/UTs  to  deal  with  cyber  crimes  against  women and children which, inter-alia include the following:

- i. The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  set  up  the  'Indian  Cyber  Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)' to provide ecosystem for tackling all types of  cyber  crime  in  the  country,  in  a  coordinated  and  comprehensive manner.
- ii. The Ministry of Home Affairs has provided financial assistance under the  'Cyber  Crime  Prevention  against  Women  and  Children  (CCPWC)' Scheme,  to  the  States/UTs  for their capacity building such as setting

## L.S. USQ. NO. 4517 FOR 28.03.2023

up  of  cyber  forensic-cum-training  laboratories,  hiring  of  junior  cyber consultants  and  training  of  LEAs'  personnel,  public  prosecutors  and judicial  officers.  So  far,  cyber  forensic-cum-training  laboratories  have been  commissioned  in  33  States/UTs.  So  far,  more  than  20,300  LEA personnel, judicial officers and prosecutors have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc.

- iii. National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) has been set up. Establishment  of  this laboratory  provides  the  necessary  forensic support  in  cases  of  evidence  related  to  cyber  crime,  preserving  the evidence  and  its  analysis  in  line  with  the  provisions  of  IT  Act  and Evidence Act; and reduced turnaround time.
- iv. Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  operationalized  the  National  Cyber  Crime Reporting Portal www.cybercrime.gov.in to provide a centralized mechanism  to  the  citizens  for  online  reporting  of  all  types  of  cyber crime incidents, with a special focus on cyber crimes against women and children. A toll-free helpline number '1930' has also been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.
- v. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed between the NCRB, India and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), USA  regarding  receiving  of Tipline report on online child pornography

## L.S. USQ. NO. 4517 FOR 28.03.2023

and child  sexual  exploitation  contents  from  NCMEC.  The  Tiplines,  as received from NCMEC, are being shared with States/UTs online through National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal for taking further action.

- vi. The  Massive  Open  Online  Courses  (MOOC)  platform  under  the  I4C called  'CyTrain'  portal  has  been  developed.  So  far,  more  than  31,000 Police  Officers  from  States/UTs  are  registered  and  more  than  8,300 Certificates issued through the portal.
- vii. To spread awareness on cyber crime, several steps have been taken that include issuance of alerts/advisories, dissemination of messages through SMS, I4C social media account i.e. Twitter handle(@Cyberdost),Facebook(CyberDostI4C),Instagram(cyberdosti4c), Telegram (cyberdosti4c), Radio campaign, engaged MyGov for publicity in  multiple  media,  publishing  of  Handbook  for  Adolescents/  Students, organizing of Cyber Safety and Security Awareness week, in association with police department in different States/UTs etc.

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## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Cyber Crimes against Women during 2019-2021

| SL       | State/UT                    | 2019   | 2019   | 2019    | 2019   | 2019    | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   |       |      |          |         |      |     |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|------|----------|---------|------|-----|
| SL       | State/UT                    | CR     | CCS    | CON     | PAR    | PCS PCV | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR    | CCS  | 2021 CON | PAR     | PCS  | PCV |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh              | 356    | 10     | 109     | 100    | 10      | 375    | 78     | 0      | 134    | 105    | 0      | 471   | 166  | 0        | 143     | 223  | 0   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 5      | 76 0   | 0 1     | 0      | 0       |        | 1 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 16    | 2    | 0        | 4       | 2    | 0   |
| 3        | Assam                       | 703    | 112    | 0 495   | 114    | 0       | 1071   | 106    | 0      | 339    | 108    | 0      | 856   | 122  | 0        | 1044    | 125  | 0   |
| 4        | Bihar                       | 60     | 3      | 0 4     | 4      | 0       | 47     | 14     | 0      | 35     | 24     | 0      | 56    | 16   | 0        | 26      | 21   | 0   |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                | 85     | 56     | 8 73    | 69     | 9       | 117    | 74     | 3      | 92     | 88     | 3      | 194   | 135  | 0        | 159     | 152  | 0   |
| 6        | Goa                         | 5      | 15     | 0 0     | 16     | 0       |        | 19 2   | 0      | 4      | 2      | 0      | 15    | 11   | 0        | 13      | 11   | 0   |
| 7        | Gujarat                     | 226    | 189    | 0 269   | 263    | 0       | 277    | 169    | 0      | 245    | 244    | 0      | 349   | 234  | 1        | 322     | 338  | 2   |
| 8        | Haryana                     | 251    | 95     | 4 130   | 115    | 5       | 222    | 104    | 0      | 133    | 132    | 0      | 266   | 156  | 1        | 198     | 191  | 1   |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh            | 47     | 16     | 0 42    | 19     | 0       |        | 52 19  | 0      | 27     | 20     | 0      | 39    | 45   | 1        | 39      | 50   | 1   |
| 10       | Jharkhand                   | 43     | 11     | 0 5     | 12     | 0       |        | 20 15  | 6      | 21     | 19     | 7      | 70    | 10   | 0        | 23      | 10   | 0   |
| 11       | Karnataka                   | 2698   | 32     | 0 72    | 46     | 0       | 2859   | 589    | 0      | 79     | 595    | 0      | 2243  | 1205 | 3        | 131     | 1225 | 3   |
| 12       | Kerala                      | 139    | 61     | 0 106   | 81     | 0       | 246    | 85     | 0      | 163    | 93     | 0      | 353   | 181  | 0        | 269     | 209  | 0   |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh              | 301    | 331    | 4 387   | 395    | 5       | 274    | 226    | 5      | 287    | 286    | 5      | 298   | 268  | 18       | 323     | 369  | 23  |
| 14       | Maharashtra                 | 1503   | 517    | 5 756   | 652    | 19      | 1632   | 521    | 0      | 777    | 608    | 0      | 1697  | 715  | 5        | 1037    | 874  | 9   |
| 15       | Manipur                     | 2      | 0      | 0 1     | 0      | 0       |        | 26 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 39    | 0    | 0        | 17      | 0    | 0   |
| 16       | Meghalaya                   | 21     | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0       |        | 39 0   | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 21    | 1    | 0        | 1       | 1    | 0   |
| 17       | Mizoram                     | 2      | 1      | 0 1     | 1      | 0       |        | 1 1    | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 13    | 17   | 0        | 21      | 21   | 0   |
| 18       | Nagaland                    | 1      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0       |        | 2 0    | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1     | 0    | 0        | 0       | 0    | 0   |
| 19       | Odisha                      | 437    | 118    | 0 205   | 220    | 0       | 560    | 220    | 0      | 288    | 310    | 0      | 574   | 215  | 0        | 274     | 287  | 0   |
| 20       | Punjab                      | 87     | 31     | 1 84    | 42     | 1       | 110    | 35     | 0      | 89     | 52     | 0      | 179   | 53   | 1        | 106     | 72   | 1   |
| 21       | Rajasthan                   | 188    | 80     | 3 104   | 111    | 3       |        | 110    | 5      | 159    | 152    | 7      | 297   | 177  | 7        | 231     | 230  | 7   |
| 22       | Sikkim                      | 1      | 0      | 0 1     | 0      | 0       | 238    | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0    | 0        | 0       | 0    | 0   |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                  | 124    | 30     | 1       | 93 36  | 1       | 306    | 52     | 2      | 209    | 132    | 4      | 248   | 51   | 0        | 164     | 65   | 0   |
| 24       | Telangana                   | 288    | 340    | 1 140   | 362    | 1       | 649    | 277    | 16     | 338    | 329    | 16     | 883   | 139  | 1        | 201     | 210  | 1   |
| 25       | Tripura                     | 3      | 1      | 0 0     | 1      | 0       |        | 3 0    | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1     | 2    | 0        | 1       | 3    | 0   |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh               | 518    | 312    | 12 454  | 405    | 14      | 749    | 469    | 36     | 541    | 648    | 51     | 958   | 529  | 9        | 736     | 716  | 11  |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                 | 28     | 11     | 0 10    | 11     | 0       |        | 72 51  | 0      | 60     | 58     | 0      | 183   | 43   | 0        | 35      | 55   | 0   |
| 28       | West Bengal                 | 206    | 32     | 0 85    | 35     | 0       | 344    | 76     | 0      | 71     | 84     | 0      | 201   | 119  | 3        | 84      | 122  | 3   |
|          | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 8328   | 2470   | 49 3627 | 3110   | 68      | 10311  | 3293   | 74     | 4096   | 4090   | 94     | 10521 | 4612 | 50       | 5602    | 5582 | 62  |
| 29 A&N   | Islands                     | 2      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0       |        | 3 4    | 0      | 3      | 4      | 0      | 3     | 5    | 0        | 4       | 5    | 0   |
| 30       | Chandigarh                  | 13     | 1      | 2 7     | 1      | 2       |        | 10 1   | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 12    | 4    | 0        | 5       | 4    | 0   |
| 31       | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 2      | 0      | 1       |        |         |        | 3 1    | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 4     | 0    | 0        |         | 0    | 0   |
| 32 Delhi |                             | 56     | 0 12   | 0       | 0 32   | 0 17    | 0      | 51 14  | 0      | 31     | 14     | 0      | 151   | 58   | 0        | 0 132   | 62   | 0   |
| 33       | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 14     | 5 0    | 6       | 6      | 0       |        | 25 7   | 0      | 8      | 8      | 0      | 39    | 18   | 0        | 21      | 21   | 0   |
| 34       | Ladakh                      | -      | -      | - -     | -      | -       |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0    | 0        | 0       | 0    | 0   |
| 35       | Lakshadweep                 | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      |         |        | 0 2 0  | 0      | 1      |        |        |       |      | 0        | 0       | 0    | 0   |
|          |                             | 0      | 0      |         |        | 0       |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0     |      |          | 0       | 0    | 0   |
| 36       | Puducherry                  |        | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0       |        | 0      |        |        | 0      | 0      | 0     |      | 0        | 0 0     |      |     |
|          | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 87     | 18     | 2 51    | 46     | 24      | 2      | 94 27  |        | 0      | 46 28  | 0      | 209   | 85   | 0        | 162     | 92   | 0   |
|          | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 8415   | 2488   | 3673    | 3134   | 70      | 10405  | 3320   | 74     | 4142   | 4118   | 94     | 10730 | 4697 |          | 50 5764 | 5674 | 62  |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during during 2019

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Cyber Crimes against Children during 2019-2021

| SL     | State/UT                    | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019    | 2019   |       |      |          |       |         | 2021   | 2021   | 2021   | 2021   | 2021   | 2021   |
|--------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|-------|------|----------|-------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL     | State/UT                    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR PCS | PCV CR | CCS   |      | 2020 CON | PAR   | PCS PCV | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh              | 9      | 5 0    | 10     | 6       | 0      | 52 5  | 0    | 22       | 6     | 0       | 65     | 35     | 0      | 20     | 38     | 0      |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh           | 1      | 0      | 0      | 2 0     | 0      | 0 0   | 0    | 0        | 0     | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3      | Assam                       | 7      | 2      | 0      | 6 3     | 0      | 6     | 0    | 6        | 10    | 0       | 136    | 55     | 0      | 90     | 80     | 0      |
| 4      | Bihar                       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 45 0   | 1 0   | 0    | 0        | 0     | 0       | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                | 5      | 5      | 0      | 4 5     | 0      | 21 17 | 1    | 25       | 25    | 1       | 88     | 64     | 0      | 84     | 73     | 0      |
| 6      | Goa                         | 1      | 2      | 0      | 0 2     | 0      | 3 0   | 0    | 1        | 0     | 0       | 3      | 3      | 0      | 1      | 3      | 0      |
| 7      | Gujarat                     | 7      | 5      | 0 5    | 5       | 0 32   | 32    | 0    | 63       | 63    | 0       | 43     | 36     | 0      | 44     | 45     | 0      |
| 8      | Haryana                     | 5      | 3      | 0 13   | 11      | 0      | 33 19 | 0    | 24       | 23    | 0       | 5      | 9      | 0      | 9      | 9      | 0      |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh            | 9      | 2      | 0 2    | 2       | 0      | 19 5  | 0    | 9        | 6     | 0       | 7      | 13     | 1      | 11     | 13     | 1      |
| 10     | Jharkhand                   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 4     | 3 0  | 2        | 3     | 0       | 6      | 4      | 0      | 4      | 4      | 0      |
| 11     | Karnataka                   | 10     | 1      | 0 3    | 1       | 0 144  | 12    | 0    | 34       | 12    | 0       | 164    | 37     | 3      | 81     | 45     | 3      |
| 12     | Kerala                      | 30     | 12     | 0 28   | 18      | 0      | 126   | 35 0 | 121      | 36    | 0       | 163    | 94     | 1      | 132    | 114    | 1      |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh              | 20     | 20     | 0 37   | 34      | 0      | 39 33 | 0    | 55       | 58    | 0       | 45     | 41     | 2      | 54     | 52     | 4      |
| 14     | Maharashtra                 | 70     | 56     | 2      | 82 81   | 2 207  | 65    | 0    | 101      | 78    | 0       | 168    | 118    | 1      | 167    | 149    | 1      |
| 15     | Manipur                     | 1      | 0      | 0      | 5 0     | 0      | 3 0   | 0    | 0        | 0     | 0       | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 16     | Meghalaya                   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0 0   | 0    | 0        | 0     | 0       | 3      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17     | Mizoram                     | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0 0   | 0    | 0        | 0     | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18     | Nagaland                    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0 0   | 0    | 0        | 0     | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19     | Odisha                      | 5      | 1      |        | 8 1     | 0 71   | 47    | 0    | 84       | 84    | 0       | 48     | 42     | 0      | 50     | 50     | 0      |
| 20     | Punjab                      | 1      | 2      | 0 0    | 2 2     | 0      | 10 9  | 0    | 9        | 9     | 0       | 63     | 8      | 0      | 33     | 12     | 0      |
| 21     | Rajasthan                   | 9      | 8      | 1      | 13 13   | 3      | 24 16 | 0    | 22       | 22    | 0       | 33     | 23     | 2      | 29     | 29     | 2      |
| 22     | Sikkim                      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0 0   | 0    | 0        | 0     | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu                  | 5      | 2      | 0      | 3 3     | 0 35   | 5     | 0    | 15       | 5     | 0       | 19     | 2      | 0      | 10     | 2      | 0      |
| 24     | Telangana                   | 3      | 1      | 0      | 5 1     | 0      | 9 0   | 0    | 8        | 0     | 0       | 17     | 11     | 0      | 17     | 13     | 0      |
| 25     | Tripura                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0 0   | 0    | 0        | 0     | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh               | 98     | 90     | 1      | 113 109 | 1 197  | 121   | 0    | 50       | 181   | 0       | 101    | 84     | 0      | 106    | 103    | 0      |
| 27     | Uttarakhand                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 11 4  | 0    | 4        | 4     | 0       | 23     | 16     | 0      | 13     | 19     | 0      |
| 28     | West Bengal                 | 6      | 4      | 0      | 3 7     | 0      | 6 1   | 0    | 3        | 1     | 0       | 5      | 3      | 0      | 2      | 3      | 0      |
|        | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 303    | 221    | 4      | 344 304 | 6 1092 | 435   | 1    | 658      | 626   | 1       | 1208   | 699    | 10     | 957    | 857    | 12     |
| 29 A&N | Islands                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 1 2   | 0    | 0        | 2     | 0       | 2      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 3      | 0      |
| 30     | Chandigarh                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 3 0   | 0    | 0        | 0     | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31     | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 0      |        | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0     | 0    | 0        | 0     | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32     | Delhi                       | 3      | 0 2    | 0 0    | 5 5     | 0      | 0 5 2 | 0    | 2        | 2     | 0       | 162    | 37     | 0      | 135    | 37     | 0      |
| 33     | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 1 0   | 0    | 0        | 0     | 0       | 4      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      |
| 34     | Ladakh                      | -      | -      | -      | -       | -      | 0     |      |          | 0     | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|        |                             |        |        | - 0    |         | 0      | 0 0   | 0    | 0        |       |         |        |        | 0      |        |        |        |
| 35     | Lakshadweep                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       |        |       | 0 0  | 0        | 0     | 0       | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 36     | Puducherry                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0     | 0 4  | 0        | 0 0 4 | 0       | 0      | 0      |        | 0 0    | 0      | 0 0    |
|        | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 3      | 2      | 0 4    | 5 5     | 0      | 10    | 439  | 0 1      | 2     | 0       | 168    | 40     | 0 10   | 138    | 41     |        |
|        | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 306    | 223    | 349    | 309     | 6      | 1102  |      | 660      | 630   | 1       | 1376   | 739    |        | 1095   | 898    | 12     |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during during 2019