Lok Sabha Question No. 312 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: Cyber Security
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar, Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 312

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 24.07.2024

## CYBER SECURITY

## 312.  SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR: SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  any  effect  on  cyber  security  due  to  increase  in  digital  banking transaction with a view to the dynamic nature of State-wise information technology in various States of the country;
- (b) if so, the number of cases registered regarding cyber crisis including phishing, network scanning and probing viruses and website hacking during each of the last three years;
- (c) whether  the  growing  popularity  of  Non-Banking  Finance  companies  (NBFCs)  apart from e-commerce has increased the scope of the digital payment; and
- (d) if so, the percentage of growth in the transaction made due to the use of digital apps and payment system by the consumers in the last year and the current year, State and Union Territory-wise, particularly in Maharashtra, Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman & diu?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) to (d):  As per information reported to and tracked by the Indian Computer Emergency Response  Team  (CERT-In),  the  total  number  of  cases  registered  regarding  cyber  crimes, including phishing, network scanning and probing viruses, and website hacking during each of the last three years, are as follows:

|   Year |   Phishing incidents |   Network scanning and probing |   Virus/Malware incidents |   Website hacking incidents |   Cyber Security incidents |
|--------|----------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|   2021 |                  215 |                          86585 |                      9203 |                          18 |                     122764 |
|   2022 |                 1145 |                          10220 |                      2559 |                          57 |                      27482 |
|   2023 |                  401 |                          12330 |                      1185 |                          39 |                      23158 |

As  per  Reserve  Bank  of  India  (RBI),  Details  of  Digital  and  Total  Payments  in  Last  two financial years is as follows:

| Financial Year   | Digital Payment Transaction Statistics   | Digital Payment Transaction Statistics   | Digital Payment Transaction Growth Rate (YoY %)   | Digital Payment Transaction Growth Rate (YoY %)   |
|------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|                  | Volume (Crore)                           | Value (Rs. Lakh Crore)                   | Volume                                            | Value                                             |
| 2022-23          | 11393.82                                 | 2086.85                                  | 58.30%                                            | 19.66%                                            |
| 2023-24          | 16443.02                                 | 2428.24                                  | 44.32%                                            | 16.36%                                            |

| Financial Year   | Total Payment Transaction Statistics   | Total Payment Transaction Statistics   | Total Payment Transaction Growth Rate (YoY %)   | Total Payment Transaction Growth Rate (YoY %)   |
|------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|                  | Volume (Crore)                         | Value (Rs. Lakh Crore)                 | Volume                                          | Value                                           |
| 2022-23          | 11464.91                               | 2158.58                                | 57.75%                                          | 19.22%                                          |
| 2023-24          | 16509.34                               | 2500.36                                | 44.00%                                          | 15.83%                                          |

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