Lok Sabha Question No. 2715 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Cyber Fraud Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Raja A

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2715

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  AUGUST, 2025/ SARVANA 14, 1947 (SAKA)

CYBER FRAUD CASES

2715. SHRI RAJA A:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  measures  being  taken  to  address  cyber  fraud  including awareness, cyber security and law enforcement across the country, Statewise;
- (b) the initiatives implemented by the Government for the recovery of funds lost in cyber fraud cases;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  coordinates  with  State  authorities  in  the recovery process;
- (d)  the  details  of  cyber  fraud  cases  and  recovery  efforts,  including  funds retrieved and success rates, during the last three years, State-wise;
- (e)  whether  the  cyber  crimes  across  the  country  have  decreased  or increased  after  the  establishment  of  Indian  Cyber  Crime  Coordination Centres (IC4); and
- (f) the details of any review made to effectively tackle the menace of these crimes with the use of state-of-the art technology including AI and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)

(a) to (f): The  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and publishes the statistical data on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India'.

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The latest published report is for the year 2022. As per the data published by the NCRB, State/UT wise details of cases registered under fraud under cyber crimes (involving communication devices as medium/target) during the period from 2018 to 2022 are at the Annexure.

'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh Schedule  of  the  Constitution  of  India.  The  States/UTs  are  primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes including cyber fraud, its recovery/success rate through their Law Enforcement  Agencies  (LEAs).  The  Central  Government  supplements  the initiatives  of  the  States/UTs  through  advisories  and  financial  assistance under various schemes for capacity building of their LEAs.

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. The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  set  up  the  'Indian  Cyber  Crime Coordination Centre' (I4C) as an attached office to deal with all types of cyber  crimes  in  the  country,  in  a  coordinated  and  comprehensive manner.
- ii. The 'National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal' (NCRP) (https://cybercrime.gov.in)  has  been  launched,  as a part of the I4C, to

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

- iii. The 'Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System' (CFCFRMS), under I4C, has been launched in year 2021 for immediate reporting  of  financial  frauds  and  to  stop  siphoning  off  funds  by  the fraudsters. As per CFCFRMS operated by I4C, financial amount of more than  Rs.  5,489  Crore  has  been  saved in more  than  17.82  lakh complaints  so  far. A  tollfree  Helpline  number  '1930'  has  been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.
- iv. A  State  of  the  Art,  Cyber  Fraud  Mitigation  Centre  (CFMC)  has  been established  at  I4C  where  representatives  of  major  banks,  Financial Intermediaries,  Payment  Aggregators,  Telecom  Service  Providers,  IT Intermediaries  and  representatives  of  States/UTs  Law  Enforcement Agency  are  working  together  for  immediate  action  and  seamless cooperation to tackle cybercrime.
- v. So far, more than 9.42 lakhs SIM cards and 2,63,348 IMEIs as reported by Police authorities have been blocked by Government of India.

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- vi. 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 up of cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories, hiring of junior cyber consultants  and  training  of  LEAs'  personnel,  public  prosecutors  and judicial  officers.  Cyber  forensic-cum-training  laboratories  have  been commissioned in 33 States/UTs and more than 24,600 LEA personnel, judicial officers and prosecutors have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc.
- vii. I4C, MHA is regularly organising 'State Connect', 'Thana Connect' and Peer  learning  session  to  share  best  practices,  enhance  capacity building, etc.
- viii. The state of the art 'National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Investigation)' has been established, as a part of the I4C, at New Delhi to provide early stage  cyber  forensic  assistance  to  Investigating  Officers  (IOs)  of State/UT Police. So far, National Cyber Forensics Laboratory (Investigation)  has  provided  its  services  to  State/UT  LEAs  in  around 12,460 cases pertaining to cyber crimes.
- ix. The  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

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- cyber crime investigation, forensics, prosecution etc. More than 1,05,796 Police Officers from States/UTs are registered and more than 82,704 Certificates issued through the portal.
- x. Samanvaya  Platform  has  been  made  operational  to  serve  as  an Management Information System(MIS) platform, data repository and a coordination platform for LEAs  for cybercrime data sharing and analytics. It provides analytics based interstate linkages of crimes and criminals, involved in cybercrime complaints in various States/UTs. The module 'Pratibimb' maps locations of criminals and crime infrastructure on  a  map  to  give  visibility  to  jurisdictional  officers.  The  module  also facilitates  seeking  and  receiving  of  techno-legal  assistance  by  Law Enforcement  Agencies from I4C and other SMEs. It has lead to arrest of  12,987  accused,  1,51,984  linkages  and  70,584  Cyber  Investigation assistance request.
- xi. 'Sahyog' Portal has been launched to expedite the process of sending notices  to  IT  intermediaries  by  the  Appropriate  Government  or  its agency under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 to facilitate the removal or disabling of access to any information, data or communication link being used to commit an unlawful act.
- xii. The Central Government has taken various initiatives to  create cyber crime awareness which, inter-alia, include:-

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- 1) The Hon'ble Prime Minister spoke about digital arrests during the episode "Mann Ki Baat" on 27.10.2024  and apprised  the citizens of India.
- 2) A  special  programme  was  organized  by  Akashvani,  New  Delhi  on Digital Arrest on 28.10.2024.
- 3) Caller Tune Campaign: I4C is collaboration with the Department of Telecommunications  (DoT)  has  launched  a  caller  tune  campaign with effect from 19.12.2024 for raising awareness about cybercrime and promoting the Cybercrime Helpline Number 1930 & NCRP portal. The caller tunes were also being broadcast in English, Hindi  and  10  regional  languages  by  Telecom  Service  Providers (TSPs).  Six  versions  of  caller  tunes  were  played  which  cover various modus-operandi, namely, Digital Arrest, Investment Scam, Malware, Fake Loan App, Fake Social Media Advertisements.
- 4) The Central Government has launched a comprehensive awareness programme  on  digital  arrest  scams  which,  inter-alia,  include; newspaper  advertisement,  announcement  in  Delhi  Metros,  use  of social media influencers to create special posts, campaign through Prasar  Bharti  and  electronic  media  and  participated  in  Raahgiri Function at Connaught Place, New Delhi on 27.10.2024.

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- 5) To further spread awareness on cyber crime, the Central Government has taken steps which, inter-alia, include; dissemination of messages through SMS, I4C social media account i.e.  X  (formerly  Twitter)  (@CyberDost),  Facebook(CyberDostI4C), Instagram (CyberDostI4C), Telegram(cyberdosti4c), SMS campaign, TV campaign, Radio campaign, School Campaign, advertisement in cinema  halls,  celebrity  endorsement,  IPL  campaign,  campaign during Kumbh Mela 2025, engaged MyGov for publicity in multiple mediums, organizing Cyber Safety and Security Awareness weeks in association with States/UTs, publishing of Handbook for Adolescents/Students,  digital  displays  on  railway  stations  and airports across, etc.
- xiii. The Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  formed  CyMAC  (Cyber  Multi  Agency Centre)  under  the  MAC  (Multi  Agency  Centre)  platform  on  22.01.2025 with  the  objective  to  effectively  address  cybersecurity  threats,  cyber espionage,  misuse  of  emerging  technologies  and  similar  concerns against national security.
- xiv. In  partnership  with  IndiaAI,  I4C  launched  the  IndiaAI  CyberGuard  AI Hackathon to develop an AI-powered system for the automatic classification  of cybercrime  incidents. This  initiative  aims to improve

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the  efficiency  and  responsiveness  of  Law  Enforcement  Agencies (LEAs).

- xv. The Central Government has developed an indigenous Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data analytic tool ASTR to identify suspected mobile connections taken by same person in different names. So far, more  than  82  lakhs  such  connections  have  been  disconnected  after failing reverification process.

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## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) under Fraud for Cyber Crimes during Year 2020-2022

| SL   | State/UT                   |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             |    764 |    952 |    984 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          |      3 |      2 |      0 |
| 3    | Assam                      |     58 |     82 |     16 |
| 4    | Bihar                      |   1294 |   1373 |   1441 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               |     71 |     67 |     42 |
| 6    | Goa                        |      1 |      1 |     11 |
| 7    | Gujarat                    |    205 |    208 |    108 |
| 8    | Haryana                    |     36 |     52 |     44 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           |      1 |      6 |      9 |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  |     83 |     79 |     98 |
| 11   | Karnataka                  |      0 |      6 |      0 |
| 12   | Kerala                     |      6 |     16 |     26 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             |     69 |     89 |    180 |
| 14   | Maharashtra                |   2032 |   1678 |   2202 |
| 15   | Manipur                    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  |     10 |      0 |      0 |
| 17   | Mizoram                    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18   | Nagaland                   |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19   | Odisha                     |   1079 |   1205 |    957 |
| 20   | Punjab                     |     16 |     29 |     61 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  |    332 |    371 |    292 |
| 22   | Sikkim                     |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 |      5 |    107 |    251 |
| 24   | Telangana                  |   3316 |   7003 |   9581 |
| 25   | Tripura                    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              |    837 |    614 |    766 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                |      1 |      0 |     31 |
| 28   | West Bengal                |    145 |     40 |     30 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             |  10364 |  13980 |  17130 |
| 29   | A&N Islands                |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 |      0 |      0 |      2 |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 32   | Delhi                      |     31 |     19 |    331 |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir            |      0 |      8 |      7 |
| 34   | Ladakh                     |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry                 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                |     31 |     27 |    340 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          |  10395 |  14007 |  17470 |

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB.