Lok Sabha Question No. 2763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Steps to curb Cyber Crime
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya, Shri Eswarasamy K

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2763

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  MARCH, 2025/ PHALGUNA 27, 1946 (SAKA)

STEPS TO CURB CYBER CRIME

2763.     SHRI ESWARASAMY K:

SHRI     SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  has  been  a  rise  in  the  cyber  crimes  or  frauds  in  the country,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, State-wise;
- (b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  curb  the  increasing  trend  of cyber crimes in the country;
- (c)  whether the Government has any proposal to control bank fraud and cyber crime;
- (d) if so, the details of the steps to be taken by the Government towards making the cyber cell hi-tech;
- (e) the details of steps taken to curb cyber crimes at International level; and
- (f)  the  action  plan  of  the  Government  to  compensate  the  losses  of  the countrymen and financial institutions?

## 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'.

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 and fraud  for  cyber  crimes  (involving  communication  devices  as medium/target) during the period from 2018 to 2022 are at the Annexure-I & 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 and setting up of hi-tech cyber cell 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 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',  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.
- iv. 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 11,835 cases pertaining to cyber crimes.

- v. A State of the Art Centre, 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.
- vi. 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, special programme on Aakashvani and participated in Raahgiri Function at Connaught Place, New Delhi on 27.11.2024.
- vii. 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.
- viii. I4C in collaboration with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has  launched  a  caller  tune  campaign  for  raising  awareness  about cybercrime  and  promoting  the  Cyber  Crime  Helpline  Number  1930  & NCRP. The caller tune is also being broadcasts in regional languages, delivered 7-8 times a day by Telecom Service Providers (TSPs).

- ix. I4C  proactively  identify  and  blocked  more  than  3,962  Skype  IDs  and 83,668 Whatsapp accounts used for Digital Arrest.
- x. The  Central  Government  has  published  a  Press  Release  on  Alert against incidents of 'Blackmail' and 'Digital Arrest' by Cyber Criminals Impersonating State/UT Police, NCB, CBI, RBI and other Law Enforcement Agencies.
- xi. Till 28.02.2025, more than 7.81 lakhs SIM cards and 2,08,469 IMEIs as reported  by  Police  authorities  have  been  blocked  by  Government  of India.
- xii. Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams (JCCTs) have been constituted for Mewat, Jamtara, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Vishakhapatnam, and Guwahati under I4C covering the whole country based  upon  cyber  crime  hotspots/  areas  having  multi  jurisdictional issues by on boarding States/UTs to enhance  the coordination framework among the Law Enforcement Agencies of the States/UTs. Seven workshops were organized for JCCTs at Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Vishakhapatnam, Lucknow, Ranchi and Chandigarh.
- xiii. 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 6,046 accused, 17,185 linkages and 36,296 Cyber Investigation assistance request.

- xiv. Ministry of Home  Affairs  has  provided  central  assistance  under 'Assistance to States for Modernization of Police' Scheme to the State Governments for the acquisition of latest weaponry, training gadgets, advanced communication/forensic equipment, Cyber Policing equipment etc. The State Governments formulate State Action Plans (SAPs)  as  per  their  strategic  priorities  and  requirements  including combating cyber crimes.
- xv. The Ministry of External Affairs also holds bilateral cyber dialogue with various countries from time to time. The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination  Centre  (I4C),  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs,  being  a  nodal agency for cyber crime in the country is actively participate in such cyber dialogues.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2763 FOR 18.03.2025

- xvi. The National Central Bureau  (NCB)  in the Central  Bureau of Investigation    (CBI)    acted    as    effective    interface  between  Indian LEAs and foreign LEAs and facilitates regular exchange of information through  INTERPOL  channels.  Recently  BHARATPOL  portal  has  been launched to further streamline the communication between NCB, CBI and  Indian  LEAs  in  the  matters  of  international  assistance  and coordination.
- xvii. The  CBI  is  nodal  agency  for  G-7  24/7  network.  G7  24/7  is  secure channel  for  making  data  preservation  requests  in  cases  related  to cyber crime.
- xviii. 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, caller tune, 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,  newspaper  advertisement  on digital  arrest  scam,  announcement  in  Delhi  metros  on  digital  arrest and  other  modus  operandi  of  cyber  criminals,  use  of  social  media influencers to create special posts on digital arrest, digital displays on railway stations and airports across, etc.

## Annexure-I

## LS USQ 2763 FOR 18.03.2025

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

| SL   | State/UT                   |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             |   1899 |   1875 |   2341 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          |     30 |     47 |     14 |
| 3    | Assam                      |   3530 |   4846 |   1733 |
| 4    | Bihar                      |   1512 |   1413 |   1621 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               |    297 |    352 |    439 |
| 6    | Goa                        |     40 |     36 |     90 |
| 7    | Gujarat                    |   1283 |   1536 |   1417 |
| 8    | Haryana                    |    656 |    622 |    681 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           |     98 |     70 |     77 |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  |   1204 |    953 |    967 |
| 11   | Karnataka                  |  10741 |   8136 |  12556 |
| 12   | Kerala                     |    426 |    626 |    773 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             |    699 |    589 |    826 |
| 14   | Maharashtra                |   5496 |   5562 |   8249 |
| 15   | Manipur                    |     79 |     67 |     18 |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  |    142 |    107 |     75 |
| 17   | Mizoram                    |     13 |     30 |      1 |
| 18   | Nagaland                   |      8 |      8 |      4 |
| 19   | Odisha                     |   1931 |   2037 |   1983 |
| 20   | Punjab                     |    378 |    551 |    697 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  |   1354 |   1504 |   1833 |
| 22   | Sikkim                     |      0 |      0 |     26 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 |    782 |   1076 |   2082 |
| 24   | Telangana                  |   5024 |  10303 |  15297 |
| 25   | Tripura                    |     34 |     24 |     30 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              |  11097 |   8829 |  10117 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                |    243 |    718 |    559 |
| 28   | West Bengal                |    712 |    513 |    401 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             |  49708 |  52430 |  64907 |
| 29   | A&N Islands                |      5 |      8 |     28 |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 |     17 |     15 |     27 |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu |      3 |      5 |      5 |
| 32   | Delhi                      |    168 |    356 |    685 |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir            |    120 |    154 |    173 |
| 34   | Ladakh                     |      1 |      5 |      3 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                |      3 |      1 |      1 |
| 36   | Puducherry                 |     10 |      0 |     64 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                |    327 |    544 |    986 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          |  50035 |  52974 |  65893 |

Source: '

Crime in India ' published by NCRB.

## 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.