Lok Sabha Question No. 509 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Cases of Cyber Frauds
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dhanush M Kumar, Manjulata Mandal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 509

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY 2024/ MAGHA 17, 1945 (SAKA)

CASES OF CYBER FRAUDS

509.      SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR: SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state :

(a)  whether  the  cases  of  cyber  frauds  relating  to  online  illegal  cash transactions  have  increased  in  various  States  of  the  country  during  the period 1.1.2023 to 31.12.2023;

(b) if so, the details thereof including the number of cases reported during the said period, State-wise particularly in States of Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Alwar district of Rajasthan;

(c) whether any of such cases have been resolved till date and if so, the details thereof;

(d)  whether any cases still remain unresolved particularly in Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Alwar district of Rajasthan and if so, the reasons therefor; and

(e) the steps taken by the Government to control the cases of cyber frauds involving the online illegal cash transactions?

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 2022.

'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  cyber  crimes  through  their  Law  Enforcement  Agencies.  The  Central Government  supplements    the    initiatives  of    the  State    Governments through  advisories  and  schemes  for  the  capacity  building  of  their  Law Enforcement Agencies. To strengthen the mechanism to deal with cyber crimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner, the Central Government, through Ministry of Home Affairs has set up the 'Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre' (I4C) to deal with all types of cyber crime in the country.

The 'National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal' (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  for  immediate  reporting  of  financial  frauds  and  to  stop siphoning off funds by the fraudsters. Since  inception  of Citizen  Financial

Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System, more than Rs. 1200 Crore have  been  saved  in  more  than  4.7  lakh  complaints.  A  toll-free  Helpline number '1930' has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber  complaints.  The  State/UT  wise  details  of  Citizen  Financial    Cyber Fraud    Reporting    Management    System    during  the  period  1.1.2023  to 31.12.2023 are at the Annexure. Till date more than 3.2 lakhs SIM cards and 49,000 IMEIs as reported by Police authorities have been blocked by Government of India.

CERT-In issues alerts and advisories regarding latest cyber threats/vulnerabilities and countermeasures to protect computers, mobile phones, networks and data on an ongoing basis. CERT-In, through RBI, has advised all authorised entities and banks  issuing pre-paid  payment instruments (wallets) in the country to carry out special audit by CERT-Inempanelled  auditors,  close  the  non-compliances  identified  in  the  audit report and ensure implementation of security best practices. CERT-In and  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India  (RBI)  jointly  carry  out  a  cyber  security awareness campaign on 'beware and be aware of financial frauds' through the Digital India Platform.

To  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),  Radio  campaign,  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,  etc.  The  States/UTs  have  also  been  requested  to carry out publicity to create mass awareness.

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ANNEXURE L.S.US.Q.NO. 509 FOR 06.02.2024 State/UT  wise  details  of  Citizen  Financial  Cyber  Fraud  Reporting  Management  System

## during the period 1.1.2023 to 31.12.2023

| S l. No.   | State                                |   No of Complaint Reported |   Amount Reported (Rs in Lacs) |   No of Complaints (Put on Hold) |   Lien Amount (Rs in Lacs) |
|------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1          | Andaman & Nicobar                    |                        526 |                         311.97 |                              161 |                      26.46 |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh                       |                      33507 |                       37419.8  |                             9580 |                    4664.14 |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                        470 |                         765.79 |                              127 |                      34.39 |
| 4          | Assam                                |                       7621 |                        3441.8  |                             2163 |                     451.61 |
| 5          | Bihar                                |                      42029 |                       24327.8  |                            11533 |                    2779.41 |
| 6          | Chandigarh                           |                       3601 |                        2258.61 |                             1058 |                     296.67 |
| 7          | Chhattisgarh                         |                      18147 |                        8777.15 |                             5056 |                     898.41 |
| 8          | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                        412 |                         326.21 |                              105 |                      40.88 |
| 9          | Delhi                                |                      58748 |                       39157.9  |                            13674 |                    3425.03 |
| 10         | Goa                                  |                       1788 |                        2318.25 |                              450 |                     153.22 |
| 11         | Gujarat                              |                     121701 |                       65053.3  |                            49220 |                   15690.9  |
| 12         | Haryana                              |                      76736 |                       41924.8  |                            21178 |                    4653.4  |
| 13         | Himachal Pradesh                     |                       5268 |                        4115.25 |                             1502 |                     370.78 |
| 14         | Jammu & Kashmir                      |                       1046 |                         786.56 |                              253 |                      62.55 |
| 15         | Jharkhand                            |                      10040 |                        6788.98 |                             2822 |                     556.38 |
| 16         | Karnataka                            |                      64301 |                       66210    |                            18989 |                    7315.52 |
| 17         | Kerala                               |                      23757 |                       20179.9  |                             8559 |                    3647.83 |
| 18         | Ladakh                               |                        162 |                         190.29 |                               41 |                      10.03 |
| 19         | Lakshadweep                          |                         29 |                          19.58 |                                6 |                       0.51 |
| 20         | Madhya Pradesh                       |                      37435 |                       19625    |                             9336 |                    1462.33 |
| 21         | Maharashtra                          |                     125153 |                       99069.2  |                            32050 |                   10308.5  |
| 22         | Manipur                              |                        339 |                         333.03 |                              108 |                      66.94 |
| 23         | Meghalaya                            |                        654 |                         424.2  |                              252 |                      46.71 |
| 24         | Mizoram                              |                        239 |                         484.12 |                               75 |                      35.44 |
| 25         | Nagaland                             |                        224 |                         148.94 |                               73 |                      18.09 |
| 26         | Odisha                               |                      16869 |                        7967.11 |                             5187 |                    1049.34 |
| 27         | Puducherry                           |                       1953 |                        2020.34 |                              568 |                     143.38 |
| 28         | Punjab                               |                      19252 |                       12178.4  |                             4923 |                    1332.66 |
| 29         | Rajasthan                            |                      77769 |                       35392.1  |                            20899 |                    3934.82 |
| 30         | Sikkim                               |                        292 |                         197.92 |                               65 |                      18.01 |
| 31         | Tamil Nadu                           |                      59549 |                       66123.2  |                            17941 |                    6980.72 |
| 32         | Telangana                            |                      71426 |                       75905.6  |                            26148 |                   13137.9  |
| 33         | Tripura                              |                       1913 |                         900.35 |                              488 |                      84.82 |
| 34         | Uttarakhand                          |                      17958 |                        6879.67 |                             4813 |                     708.94 |
| 35         | Uttar Pradesh                        |                     197547 |                       72107.5  |                            44089 |                    5906.86 |
| 36         | West Bengal                          |                      29804 |                       24733.3  |                             6307 |                    1845.97 |
| Total      |                                      |                    1128265 |                      748864    |                           319799 |                   92159.6  |