Lok Sabha Question No. 2667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Performance of Cyber Crime Prevention Scheme
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Jai Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2667

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

PERFORMANCE OF CYBER CRIME PREVENTION SCHEME

2667. SHRI JAI PRAKASH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether cyber crime rates are increasing day-by-day especially against women and children in the aftermath of introduction of robust Cyber Crime Prevention Scheme; and

(b) if so, the details of steps being taken by the Government to make the scheme more effective and trustworthy?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): '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  crimethrough  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,  including cyber  crimes  against   women   and    children  in  a   comprehensive  and

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2667 FOR 05.08.2025

coordinated manner, the Central Government has taken steps which, interalia, include the following:

- i. The Ministry of Home Affairs has released financial assistance to the tune  of  Rs.  132.93  crores 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.
- ii. Cyber Forensic-cum-Training Laboratories have been commissioned in 33  States/UTs  namely  Andhra  Pradesh,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam, Bihar, 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, Tripura, Puducherry, Chandigarh, J&K, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Manipur, Andman& Nicobar Islands  and  Delhi.  In  Tamil  Nadu  the  laboratory  is only partially functional.
- iii. 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  24,600 LEA personnel, Public Prosecutors and

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Judicial officers have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc. under CCPWC Scheme.

- iv. Cyber crime Reporting Portal (https://cybercrime.gov.in) was launched on  20.09.2018.  This  portal  was  a  centralized  online  platform  which allowed citizens to report online content pertaining to Child Pornography  (CP)/Child  Sexual  Abuse  Material  (CSAM)  or  sexually explicit  content  such  as  Rape/Gang  Rape(RGR)  content.  A  revamped National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal was launched on 30.08.2019 to enable citizens to report all types of cyber-crimes with a special focus on cyber crime against women & children.
- v. National Crime Records  Bureau (NCRB)  and Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) have  been  notified as an agency  of Government of India to  issue  notices  to  intermediaries  under  section 79(3)(b)  of  the  IT  Act  for  removal  of  Child  Pornography  (CP),  Rape  & Gang Rape (RGR) content on 13.08.2018 and 13.03.2024 respectively.
- vi. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed on 26.04.2019 between  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB),  India  and  the National  Center  for  Missing  and  Exploited  Children  (NCMEC),  USA regarding receiving of Tip line report on online child pornography and child sexual exploitation contents from NCMEC.

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- vii. With a view to strategically curb cyber crimes and take prompt action, the Ministry of Home Affairs has taken a policy decision to set up the 'Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre' (I4C) as an attached office on 01.07.2024 to deal with all types of cyber crimes in the country, in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.

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