Lok Sabha Question No. 1906 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: Rising cases of Cyber Crime
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1906

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  MARCH, 2025/ PHALGUNA 20, 1946 (SAKA) RISING CASES OF CYBER CRIME

†1906.     DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE: SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM: SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware of the rising number of cyber crime cases  being  registered  across  the  country,  particularly  in  Maharashtra during the last five years;

(b) if so, the State-wise details thereof;

(c) the details of the amount of funds embezzled by the fraudsters during the  above  said  period  and  the  number  of  people  defrauded  in  the  said process;

(d)  the  details  of  percentage  of  amount  recovered  from  the  fraudsters during the said period; and

(e) the number of fraudsters convicted during the above said period?

## ANSWER

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

(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 2022. As per the data published by  the  NCRB,  State/UT  wise  details  of  cases  registered  under  cyber crimes  (involving  communication devices  as medium/target)  during  the

period from 2018 to 2022 are at the Annexure-I.As per the data published by  the  NCRB,  State/UT  wise  details  of  cases  registered  and  persons convicted under fraud for cyber crimes (involving communication devices as medium/target) during the period from 2018 to 2022 are at Annexure -II.

'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  crime  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  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  set  up  the  'Indian  Cyber  Crime Coordination Centre' (I4C) as an attached office to deal with all types of cyber crime in the country, in a coordinated and  comprehensive  manner.

The 'National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP)' (https://cybercrime.gov.in)  has  been  launched,  as  a  part  of  the  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 action thereon are handled by the State/UT Law Enforcement Agencies concerned as per the provisions of the law.

The  'Citizen  Financial  Cyber  Fraud  Reporting  and  Management System',  under  I4C,  has  been  launched  in  year  2021  for  immediate reporting  of  financial  frauds  and  to  stop  siphoning  off  funds  by  the fraudsters. So far, financial amount of more than Rs. 4,386 Crore has been saved  in  more  than  13.36  lakh  complaints.  A  toll-free  Helpline  number '1930' has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.

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ANNEXURE-I

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered(CR) under Cyber Crimes during 2018-2022

| SL   | State/UT                    | 2018   | 2019   |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh              | 1207   | 1886   |   1899 |   1875 |   2341 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 7      | 8      |     30 |     47 |     14 |
| 3    | Assam                       | 2022   | 2231   |   3530 |   4846 |   1733 |
| 4    | Bihar                       | 374    | 1050   |   1512 |   1413 |   1621 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh                | 139    | 175    |    297 |    352 |    439 |
| 6    | Goa                         | 29     | 15     |     40 |     36 |     90 |
| 7    | Gujarat                     | 702    | 784    |   1283 |   1536 |   1417 |
| 8    | Haryana                     | 418    | 564    |    656 |    622 |    681 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh            | 69     | 76     |     98 |     70 |     77 |
| 10   | Jharkhand                   | 930    | 1095   |   1204 |    953 |    967 |
| 11   | Karnataka                   | 5839   | 12020  |  10741 |   8136 |  12556 |
| 12   | Kerala                      | 340    | 307    |    426 |    626 |    773 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh              | 740    | 602    |    699 |    589 |    826 |
| 14   | Maharashtra                 | 3511   | 4967   |   5496 |   5562 |   8249 |
| 15   | Manipur                     | 29     | 4      |     79 |     67 |     18 |
| 16   | Meghalaya                   | 74     | 89     |    142 |    107 |     75 |
| 17   | Mizoram                     | 6      | 8      |     13 |     30 |      1 |
| 18   | Nagaland                    | 2      | 2      |      8 |      8 |      4 |
| 19   | Odisha                      | 843    | 1485   |   1931 |   2037 |   1983 |
| 20   | Punjab                      | 239    | 243    |    378 |    551 |    697 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                   | 1104   | 1762   |   1354 |   1504 |   1833 |
| 22   | Sikkim                      | 1      | 2      |      0 |      0 |     26 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                  | 295    | 385    |    782 |   1076 |   2082 |
| 24   | Telangana                   | 1205   | 2691   |   5024 |  10303 |  15297 |
| 25   | Tripura                     | 20     | 20     |     34 |     24 |     30 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh               | 6280   | 11416  |  11097 |   8829 |  10117 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                 | 171    | 100    |    243 |    718 |    559 |
| 28   | West Bengal                 | 335    | 524    |    712 |    513 |    401 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 26931  | 44511  |  49708 |  52430 |  64907 |
| 29   | A&N Islands                 | 7      | 2      |      5 |      8 |     28 |
| 30   | Chandigarh                  | 30     | 23     |     17 |     15 |     27 |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ |        | 3      |      3 |      5 |      5 |
| 32   | Delhi                       | 189    | 115    |    168 |    356 |    685 |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir *           | 73     | 73     |    120 |    154 |    173 |
| 34   | Ladakh                      | -      | -      |      1 |      5 |      3 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                 | 4      | 4      |      3 |      1 |      1 |
| 36   | Puducherry                  | 14     | 4      |     10 |      0 |     64 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 317    | 224    |    327 |    544 |    986 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 27248  | 44735  |  50035 |  52974 |  65893 |

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB.

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for 2018, 2019

'*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for 2018, 2019

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Fraud for Cyber Crimes during Year 2018-2022

| SL   | State/UT                    | 2018   | 2018   | 2019   | 2019   | 2020   | 2020   | 2021   | 2021   | 2022   | 2022   |
|------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT                    | CR     | PCV    | CR     | PCV    | CR     | PCV    | CR     | PCV    | CR     | PCV    |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh              | 195    | 0      | 703    | 0      | 764    | 2      | 952    | 3      | 984    | 3      |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 3      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3    | Assam                       | 6      | 0      | 83     | 0      | 58     | 0      | 82     | 0      | 16     | 0      |
| 4    | Bihar                       | 357    | 0      | 1008   | 17     | 1294   | 0      | 1373   | 2      | 1441   | 2      |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh                | 18     | 0      | 35     | 0      | 71     | 0      | 67     | 0      | 42     | 0      |
| 6    | Goa                         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 11     | 0      |
| 7    | Gujarat                     | 139    | 0      | 107    | 0      | 205    | 0      | 208    | 0      | 108    | 0      |
| 8    | Haryana                     | 0      | 0      | 107    | 0      | 36     | 0      | 52     | 0      | 44     | 0      |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 6      | 0      | 9      | 0      |
| 10   | Jharkhand                   | 175    | 0      | 18     | 2      | 83     | 1      | 79     | 0      | 98     | 0      |
| 11   | Karnataka                   | 49     | 0      | 7      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 6      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 12   | Kerala                      | 14     | 0      | 14     | 0      | 6      | 0      | 16     | 0      | 26     | 0      |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh              | 43     | 8      | 25     | 1      | 69     | 0      | 89     | 0      | 180    | 9      |
| 14   | Maharashtra                 | 1036   | 0      | 1681   | 0      | 2032   | 0      | 1678   | 45     | 2202   | 0      |
| 15   | Manipur                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 16   | Meghalaya                   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 10     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17   | Mizoram                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18   | Nagaland                    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19   | Odisha                      | 392    | 0      | 956    | 0      | 1079   | 0      | 1205   | 0      | 957    | 0      |
| 20   | Punjab                      | 7      | 2      | 35     | 0      | 16     | 0      | 29     | 0      | 61     | 0      |
| 21   | Rajasthan                   | 72     | 0      | 324    | 1      | 332    | 0      | 371    | 0      | 292    | 13     |
| 22   | Sikkim                      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                  | 5      | 0      | 11     | 0      | 5      | 0      | 107    | 0      | 251    | 0      |
| 24   | Telangana                   | 347    | 0      | 282    | 3      | 3316   | 202    | 7003   | 5      | 9581   | 46     |
| 25   | Tripura                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh               | 454    | 2      | 813    | 16     | 837    | 41     | 614    | 18     | 766    | 87     |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                 | 28     | 0      | 3      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 31     | 0      |
| 28   | West Bengal                 | 4      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 145    | 0      | 40     | 0      | 30     | 0      |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 3341   | 12     | 6212   | 40     | 10364  | 246    | 13980  | 73     | 17130  | 160    |
| 29   | A&N Islands                 | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 30   | Chandigarh                  | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32   | Delhi                       | 3      | 0      | 11     | 0      | 31     | 0      | 19     | 0      | 331    | 0      |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 3      | 0      | 6      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 8      | 0      | 7      | 0      |
| 34   | Ladakh                      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                 | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 36   | Puducherry                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 12     | 0      | 17     | 0      | 31     | 0      | 27     | 0      | 340    | 0      |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 3353   | 12     | 6229   | 40     | 10395  | 246    | 14007  | 73     | 17470  | 160    |

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB.

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for 2018, 2019

'*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for 2018, 2019