Lok Sabha Question No. 667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Centres for Prevention of Cyber Crimes
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shankar Lalwani, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 667

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

## CENTRES FOR PREVENTION OF CYBER CRIMES

†667.     SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state :

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  established/  proposed  to  establish centres at regional levels in the country for the prevention of cyber crimes in the country;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  such  centres  established  or  proposed  to  be established;

(c) whether crimes through fake sites are increasing in the country; and

(d)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  to prevent cyber crimes?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a) to (d): '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 establishment of cyber crime centre. The Central Government supplements the initiatives of the States/UTs through advisories  and  financial  assistance  under  various  schemes  for  capacity building  of  their  Law  Enforcement  Agencies  (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) to deal with all types of cyber crime in the country, in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
- ii. 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 in 2023.
- iii. 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) have  provided  its  services  to  State  LEAs  in  around  9,000  cyber forensics like mobile forensics, memory forensics, Call Data Record (CDR) Analysis, etc. to help them in investigation of cases pertaining to cyber crimes.

- iv. 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.
- v. 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. So far, an amount of 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.
- vi. 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 cyber  crime  investigation,  forensics,  prosecution  etc.  along  with certification.  More  than  76,000  Police  Officers  from  States/UTs  are registered  and  more  than  53,000  Certificates  issued  through  the portal.

- vii. 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.
- viii. I4C has imparted cyber hygiene training to 6,000 officials of various Ministries/ Departments of Government of India.
- ix. I4C  has  imparted  cyber  hygiene  training  to  more  than  23,000  NCC cadets.
- x. The Ministry of Home Affairs has provided financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 122.24 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.  So  far,  cyber forensic-cum-training  laboratories  have  been  commissioned  in  33 States/UTs. So far, more than 24,600 LEA personnel, judicial officers and prosecutors have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc.
- xi. National  Cyber  Forensic  Laboratory  (Evidence)  has  been  set  up  at Hyderabad. Establishment of this laboratory provides the necessary forensic support  in  cases  of  evidence  related  to cyber  crime, preserving the evidence and its analysis in line with the provisions of IT Act and Evidence Act; and reduced turnaround time.

- xii. 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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