Lok Sabha Question No. 753 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: Cyber Crimes
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad, Nalin Kumar Kateel, T.R.V.S. Ramesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 753

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY, 2023/ SRAVANA 3, 1945 (SAKA)

CYBER CRIMES

753.  DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL: SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  and  the  number  of  cyber  crimes  reported  in  the  country during each of the last three years;
- (b) the details of the average time taken to resolve cyber crimes;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken any steps to expedite the investigating process in solving cyber crimes;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the details of funds sanctioned and released for tackling cyber crime in the country during the said period; and
- (f)  the  details  of  punishments  initiated  against  the  cyber  criminals  to curtail such crimes?

## ANSWER

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

(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 2021. As per the data published

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by the NCRB, State/UT wise details of cases registered, persons arrested, persons charge-sheeted and persons convicted under cyber crimes (involving  communication  devices  as  medium/target)  during  the  period from 2019 to 2021 are at the Annexure. Data regarding average time taken to resolve cyber crimes is not maintained centrally.

'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. States/UTs are primarily responsible for  the  prevention,  detection,  investigation  and  prosecution  of  crimes including cybercrimes.The Central Government supplements the initiatives of the State Governments through advisories and schemes for the 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.

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- ii. The  state  of  the  art  National  Cyber  Forensic  Laboratory  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
2. Police.
- iii. The Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform, namely 'CyTrain' portal has been developed under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), for capacity building of police officers/judicial  officers through online courses on critical aspects of cyber crime investigation,  forensics,  prosecution  etc.  along  with  certification. More than 38,300 Police Officers from States/UTs are registered and more than 19,100 Certificates issued through the portal.
- 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 (LEAs) concerned as per the provisions of the law.

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- 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,  financial  fraud  transactions  amounting  to  more  than  Rs.  570 Crore have been saved.  A toll-free Helpline number '1930' has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.
- vi. Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams have been constituted 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 LEAs of the States/UTs.
- vii. 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 23,500 LEA personnel, judicial officers

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and prosecutors have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc.

- viii. National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) has been set up. 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.
- ix. Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  provided  central  assistance  under 'Assistance  to  States&  UTs  for  Modernization  of  Police'  Scheme  to the  States  &  UTs  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.  The  amount  of  Central  financial assistance  disbursed  under  this  scheme  during  the  last  3  financial years is as below:

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(Rs. in Crore)

| Year    | Allocation                                         |   Released |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|------------|
| 2020-21 | 770.76 (Budget Estimate) 103.27 (Revised Estimate) |     103.25 |
| 2021-22 | 620.45 (Budget Estimate) 188.00 (Revised Estimate) |     158.57 |
| 2022-23 | 620.45 (Budget Estimate) 150.52 (Revised Estimate) |      36.69 |

(Funds  against  allocations  could  not  be  released  to  most  of  the States as they had substantial unspent balances.)

- x. 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. Twitter handle (@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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## State/UT-wise Cases Registered(CR), Cases Chargesheeted(CCS), Cases Convicted(CON), Persons Arrested(PAR), Persons Chargesheeted(PCS), Persons Convicted(PCV) under Total Cyber Crimes during 2019-2021

| SL         | State/UT                    | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   |     |       |       |      |           |            |        |          |           |           |         |      |
|------------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----|-------|-------|------|-----------|------------|--------|----------|-----------|-----------|---------|------|
| SL         | State/UT                    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV | CR    | CCS   | CON  | PAR       | PCS        | PCV    | CR CCS   | CON       | PAR       | PCS     | PCV  |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh              | 1886   | 235    | 3      | 452    | 344    | 5   | 1899  | 314   | 6    | 475       | 446        | 9 1875 | 374      | 8         | 363       | 515     | 8    |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh           | 8      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0   | 30    | 1     | 0    | 12        | 1          | 0      | 47 3     | 0         | 5         | 3       | 0    |
| 3          | Assam                       | 2231   | 349    | 13     | 1636   | 733    | 13  | 3530  | 385   | 0    | 1717      | 395        | 0      | 4846 579 | 2         | 6096      | 931     | 2    |
| 4          | Bihar                       | 1050   | 288    | 4      | 1014   | 519    | 17  | 1512  | 651   | 0    | 751       | 727 0      | 1413   | 424      | 2         | 980       | 520     | 2    |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh                | 175    | 94     | 13     | 139    | 136    | 19  | 297   | 152   | 3    | 209       | 188 3      | 352    | 200      | 0         | 260       | 245     | 0    |
| 6          | Goa                         | 15     | 20     | 0      | 3      | 25     | 0   | 40    | 6     | 0    | 15        | 15 0       | 36     | 18       | 0         | 42        | 22      | 0    |
| 7          | Gujarat                     | 784    | 447    | 0      | 1083   | 1064   | 0   | 1283  | 475   | 0    | 942       | 906 0      |        | 1536     | 715 0     | 1395      | 1394    | 0    |
| 8          | Haryana                     | 564    | 188    | 6      | 314    | 288    | 10  | 656   | 221   | 0    | 347       | 323 0      | 622    | 326      | 3         | 647       | 601     | 4    |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh            | 76     | 20     | 2      | 44     | 24     | 2   | 98    | 31    | 0    | 46        | 39 0       | 70     | 63       | 1         | 68        | 77      | 1    |
| 10         | Jharkhand                   | 1095   | 344    | 19     | 402    | 568    | 19  | 1204  | 462   | 125  | 820       | 791 131    | 953    | 400      | 25        | 1414      | 1215    | 45   |
| 11         | Karnataka                   | 12020  | 111    | 9      | 446    | 183    | 10  | 10741 | 2842  | 2    | 489 2916  | 2          | 8136   | 5801     | 10        | 615       | 5967    | 12   |
| 12         | Kerala                      | 307    | 176    | 2      | 220    | 214    | 2   | 426   | 161   | 0    | 299       | 179 0      | 626    | 287      | 2         | 447       | 345     | 2    |
| 13         | Madhya Pradesh              | 602    | 405    | 18     | 659    | 531    | 24  | 699   | 445   | 14   | 692       | 598 15     | 589    | 487      | 50        | 803       | 802     | 119  |
| 14         | Maharashtra                 | 4967   | 980    | 7      | 1739   | 1470   | 9   | 5496  | 902   | 3    | 1735 1238 | 3          | 5562   | 1428     | 23        | 2475      | 1914    | 60   |
| 15         | Manipur                     | 4      | 0      | 0      | 8      | 0      | 0   | 79    | 0     | 0    | 17        | 0 0        | 67     | 2        | 0         | 31        | 2       | 0    |
| 16         | Meghalaya                   | 89     | 2      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0   | 142   | 1     | 0    | 9         | 7 0        | 107    | 6        | 0         | 2         | 8       | 0    |
| 17         | Mizoram                     | 8      | 4      | 0      | 5      | 5      | 0   | 13    | 8     | 2    | 4         | 8 2        | 30     | 20       | 3         | 31        | 21      | 3    |
| 18         | Nagaland                    | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 8     | 0     | 0    | 0         | 0 0        | 8      | 0        | 0         | 1         | 0       | 0    |
| 19         | Odisha                      | 1485   | 220    | 0      | 316    | 351    | 0   | 1931  | 282   | 0    | 369       | 396 0      | 2037   | 313      | 0         | 363       | 412     | 0    |
| 20         | Punjab                      | 243    | 90     | 5      | 259    | 118    | 9   | 378   | 106   | 1    | 298       | 162 1      | 551    |          | 188 4     | 416       | 247     | 4    |
| 21         | Rajasthan                   | 1762   | 312    | 35     | 571    | 556    | 41  | 1354  | 340   | 24   | 541       | 520 32     | 1504   | 502      | 23        | 861       | 864     | 40   |
| 22         | Sikkim                      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 3      | 2      | 0   | 0     | 0     | 0    | 0         | 0 0        | 0      | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0       | 0    |
| 23         | Tamil Nadu                  | 385    | 113    | 8      | 400    | 161    | 10  | 782   | 135   | 7    | 516       | 237 9      | 1076   | 147      | 6         | 612       | 198     | 8    |
| 24         | Telangana                   | 2691   | 847    | 10     | 748    | 1564   | 11  | 5024  | 939   | 280  | 1169      | 1158 282   |        | 10303    | 1361 19   | 1478      | 2179    | 21   |
| 25         | Tripura                     | 20     | 4      | 0      | 1      | 5      | 0   | 34    | 5     | 0    | 6         | 5 0        | 24     | 10       | 0         | 8         | 10      | 0    |
| 26         | Uttar Pradesh               | 11416  | 3705   | 201 1  | 4324   | 5258   | 272 | 11097 | 4987  | 642  | 6491      | 6427 878   | 718    | 8829 158 | 4407 292  | 6887      | 6006    | 387  |
| 27 28      | Uttarakhand                 | 100    | 40     |        | 71     | 72     | 1   | 243   | 58    | 0    | 93        | 80 0       |        | 307      |           | 0 207     | 266 336 | 0 17 |
|            | West Bengal                 | 524    | 104    | 4      | 215    | 124    | 4   | 712   | 178   | 0    | 203       | 313 0      | 513    |          | 17        | 246       |         |      |
|            | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 44511  | 9099   | 360    | 15076  | 14318  | 478 | 49708 | 14087 | 1109 | 18265     | 18075      | 1367   | 52430    | 18526 490 | 26753     | 25100   | 735  |
| 29 A&N 30  | Islands                     | 2 23   | 0 9    | 0 5    | 0      | 0      | 0 6 | 5 17  | 5     | 0 1  | 3 4       | 5 2        | 0 15   | 8        | 3         | 0 12 9    | 4       | 0 0  |
|            | Chandigarh                  |        |        |        | 14     | 14     |     |       | 3     |      |           | 3          |        | 6        | 0         |           | 7       |      |
| 31         | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 3      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0   | 3     | 1     | 0    | 1 1 77    | 0          | 5      | 2        | 0         | 4         | 4       | 0    |
| 32         | Delhi                       | 115    | 58     | 2      | 147    | 80     | 2   | 168   | 61    | 0    | 107       | 0          |        | 356      | 157       | 1 494     | 336     | 1    |
| 33         | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 73     | 18     | 0      | 22     | 22     | 0   | 120   | 14    | 0    | 33        | 23 0       | 154    | 49       | 0         | 102       | 60      | 0    |
| 34         | Ladakh                      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -   | 1     | 0     | 0    | 0         | 0 0        | 5      |          | 0         | 0 0       | 0       | 0    |
| 35         | Lakshadweep                 | 4      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 3     | 0     | 0    | 2         | 0 0        | 1      |          | 1         | 0 0       | 1       | 0    |
|            |                             | 4      | 3      | 0      | 8      | 8      | 0   | 10    | 5     | 0    | 5         | 5 0        | 0      |          | 0         | 0         |         | 0    |
| 36         | Puducherry                  |        |        |        |        |        |     |       |       |      |           |            |        |          |           | 0         | 0       |      |
|            | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 224    | 88     | 7      | 192    | 124    | 8   | 327   | 89    | 1    | 155       | 114 2      | 544    | 218      | 1         | 621       | 412     | 1    |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)                      | 44735  | 9187   | 367    | 15268  | 14442  | 486 | 50035 | 14176 | 1110 | 18420     | 18189 1369 | 52974  |          | 18744     | 491 27374 | 25512   | 736  |

Source: Crime in India 2021

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

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during during 2019