Lok Sabha Question No. 3845 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-18
Subject: Cyber Security Crimes
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Vamsi Krishna Gaddam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION. NO. 3845

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 18.12.2024

## CYBER SECURITY CRIMES

## 3845. SHRI VAMSI KRISHNA GADDAM:

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

- (a) the number of cyber security crimes during the last three financial years in the country, State/UT-wise particularly in Telangana; and
- (b)  the  total  funds  allocated  and  utilised  for  cyber  security  initiatives  in Telangana during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):  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, cases registered under cyber crime head during the period from 2020 to 2022 are as under:

| Total Cyber Crimes Cases   | Year   | Year   | Year   |
|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| registered                 | 2020   | 2021   | 2022   |
| India                      | 50,035 | 52,974 | 65,893 |
| Telangana                  | 5,024  | 10,303 | 15,297 |

The state/UT-wise (including Telangana) cases registered under Cyber Crimes during 2020-2022 are available on:

https://www.ncrb.gov.in/uploads/nationalcrimerecordsbureau/custom/1702030 581TABLE9A1.pdf

- (b):  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  has  taken various legal, technical, and administrative policy measures to strengthen cyber security  posture  of  the  country.  The  budget  allocated  and  budget  utilised  for cyber security by MeitY during last three years are as follows:

| Year    |   Budget Allocated (In INR Crores) |   Revised Budget (In INR Crores) |   Budget Utilised (In INR Crores) |
|---------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2021-22 |                                200 |                              339 |                            310.51 |
| 2022-23 |                                300 |                              100 |                             30.11 |
| 2023-24 |                                400 |                              400 |                            316.51 |

MeitY's  Budget  for  Cyber  Security  is  used  for  PAN  India  initiatives,  that includes Telangana.

As  per  Information  Technology,  Electronics  &  Communications  (ITE&C) Department, Government of Telangana, the two major initiatives for cyber security  are  Cyber  security  Centre  of  Excellence  and  Telangana  Security Operations  Centre  (TG-SOC).  As  per  ITE&C  Department,  funds  allocated for these two initiatives for the last three years are as follows:

- i. Cyber Security Center of Excellence:

Total funds allocated: Rs. 75,00,000/Funds released and utilized as on date: Rs. 50,00,000/Funds yet to be released: Rs. 25,00,000/-

## ii. State Initiative - TG-SOC

Next  Generation  SOC  -  Upgradation,  Operations  and  Maintenance:  Rs. 13,95,85,997/-

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