Lok Sabha Question No. 291 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-08
Subject: Strengthening Cyber-crime Laws
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri G Kumar Naik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 291 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 08 th  AUGUST, 2025

## Strengthening Cyber-crime Laws

*291. Shri G Kumar Naik:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the fact that, as per report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2023, over 52,000 cases of cybercrimes were registered across the Country, with significant rise in cyber fraud cases, and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the current legal framework addressing cybercrimes in the country and whether  the  Government  plans  to  introduce  amendments  or  new legislation to address emerging threats such as phishing, ransomware and cryptocurrency-related frauds;
- (c) whether the Government has received proposals from States/UTs for establishment  of  specialized  cybercrime  courts  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and action taken thereon;
- (d) the number of cybercrime cases pending in courts as of January 2025 and measures being undertaken to expedite their resolution; and
- (e) the steps being taken to strengthen collaboration between the judiciary, enforcement agencies and cybersecurity experts to improve prosecution of cybercrime cases?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

(SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 291 FOR ANSWER ON 08/08/2025 REGARDING 'STRENGTHENING CYBER-CRIME LAWS' (a) As per the latest available data in the Report 'Crime in India 2022' published by the NCRB, a total 65,893 cases were registered under Cyber Crimes in 2022 and the Table 9A- 1 gives the State/UT wise Data of Cyber Crimes 2020-2022 (Annexure. I) . (b) The Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) along with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 (47 of 2023) provides a robust legal framework to address the cybercrime laws in the country, for the present. (c) No. (d) No separate data is being maintained regarding the cybercrime cases pending in the courts. However, courts generally are taking all the steps at their end for early conclusion of the proceedings. (e) '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 cybercrime  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 inter

and coordinated manner, the Central Government has taken steps which, 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 cybercrimes in the country, in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.

(ii) 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.

(iii) The  'Citizen  Financial  Cyber  Fraud  Reporting  and  Management System'(CFCFRMS),  under  I4C,  has  been  launched  in  year  2021  for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by the fraudsters. As per CFCFRMS operated by I4C, financial amount of more  than  Rs.  5,489  crore  has  been  saved  in  more  than  17.82  lakh complaints so far. A  toll-free Helpline number '1930' has been operationalised to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.

(iv) A State of the Art, 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.

(v) So far, more than 9.42 lakhs SIM cards and 2,63,348 IMEIs as reported by Police authorities have been blocked by the Government of India.

(vi) The Ministry of Home Affairs has provided financial assistance 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. Cyber Forensic-cum-Training Laboratories have been commissioned in 33 States/UTs  namely  Andhra  Pradesh,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Bihar, Chhattisgarh,  Gujarat,  Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Kerala,  Karnataka, Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Mizoram,  Odisha,  Sikkim,  Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Dadra and Nagar Haveli  &  Daman  and  Diu,  Punjab,  Tripura,  Puducherry,  Chandigarh, Jammu  and  Kashmir,  Rajasthan,  West  Bengal,  Jharkhand,  Manipur, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Delhi. In Tamil Nadu the laboratory is functional partially.

(vii) 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 12,460 cases pertaining to cyber crimes.

(viii) The  I4C,  MHA  is  regularly  organising  'State  Connect',  'Thana Connect'  and  Peer  learning  session  to  share  best  practices,  enhance capacity building, etc.

(ix) 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. More than 1,05,796 Police  Officers  from  States/UTs  are  registered  and  more  than  82,704 Certificates issued through the portal.

(x)  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 ' map's 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 LEAs from I4C and other Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). It has led to arrest of 12,987 accused, 1,51,984 linkages and 70,584 Cyber Investigation assistance request so far.

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TABLE 9A.1

## Cyber Crimes (State/UT-wise) - 2020-2022

| SL                                | State/UT                          | 2020   | 2021   | 2022   | Mid-Year Projected Population (in Lakhs)   | Rate of Total Cyber Crimes (2022)   | Chargesheeting Rate (2022)   |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| [1] [2]                           | [1] [2]                           | [3]    | [4]    | [5]    | [6]                                        | [7]                                 | [8]                          |
| STATES:                           | STATES:                           |        |        |        |                                            |                                     |                              |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh                  | 1 Andhra Pradesh                  | 1899   | 1875   | 2341   | 530.3                                      | 4.4                                 | 16.8                         |
| 2                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 30     | 47     | 14     | 15.5                                       | 0.9                                 | 50.0                         |
| 3                                 | Assam                             | 3530   | 4846   | 1733   | 354.9                                      | 4.9                                 | 14.0                         |
| 4                                 | Bihar                             | 1512   | 1413   | 1621   | 1255.3                                     | 1.3                                 | 69.3                         |
| 5                                 | Chhattisgarh                      | 297    | 352    | 439    | 299.5                                      | 1.5                                 | 78.8                         |
| 6                                 | Goa                               | 40     | 36     | 90     | 15.7                                       | 5.7                                 | 37.5                         |
| 7                                 | Gujarat                           | 1283   | 1536   | 1417   | 709.3                                      | 2.0                                 | 62.9                         |
| 8                                 | Haryana                           | 656    | 622    | 681    | 299.7                                      | 2.3                                 | 58.0                         |
| 9                                 | Himachal Pradesh                  | 98     | 70     | 77     | 74.4                                       | 1.0                                 | 62.3                         |
| 10                                | Jharkhand                         | 1204   | 953    | 967    | 391.4                                      | 2.5                                 | 63.6                         |
| 11                                | Karnataka                         | 10741  | 8136   | 12556  | 674.1                                      | 18.6                                | 21.1                         |
| 12                                | Kerala                            | 426    | 626    | 773    | 356.8                                      | 2.2                                 | 58.4                         |
| 13                                | Madhya Pradesh                    | 699    | 589    | 826    | 858.9                                      | 1.0                                 | 85.2                         |
| 14                                | Maharashtra                       | 5496   | 5562   | 8249   | 1257.4                                     | 6.6                                 | 30.5                         |
| 15                                | Manipur                           | 79     | 67     | 18     | 32.0                                       | 0.6                                 | 0.0                          |
| 16                                | Meghalaya                         | 142    | 107    | 75     | 33.3                                       | 2.3                                 | 6.1                          |
| 17                                | Mizoram                           | 13     | 30     | 1      | 12.3                                       | 0.1                                 | 0.0                          |
| 18                                | Nagaland                          | 8      | 8      | 4      | 22.2                                       | 0.2                                 | 10.0                         |
| 19                                | Odisha                            | 1931   | 2037   | 1983   | 460.8                                      | 4.3                                 | 11.4                         |
| 20                                | Punjab                            | 378    | 551    | 697    | 306.0                                      | 2.3                                 | 58.8                         |
| 21                                | Rajasthan                         | 1354   | 1504   | 1833   | 804.4                                      | 2.3                                 | 40.5                         |
| 22                                | Sikkim                            | 0      | 0      | 26     | 6.8                                        | 3.8                                 | -                            |
| 23                                | Tamil Nadu                        | 782    | 1076   | 2082   | 767.1                                      | 2.7                                 | 69.8                         |
| 24                                | Telangana                         | 5024   | 10303  | 15297  | 379.5                                      | 40.3                                | 17.1                         |
| 25                                | Tripura                           | 34     | 24     | 30     | 41.2                                       | 0.7                                 | 22.5                         |
| 26                                | Uttar Pradesh                     | 11097  | 8829   | 10117  | 2340.9                                     | 4.3                                 | 45.3                         |
| 27                                | Uttarakhand                       | 243    | 718    | 559    | 115.6                                      | 4.8                                 | 24.3                         |
| 28                                | West Bengal                       | 712    | 513    | 401    | 987.6                                      | 0.4                                 | 73.0                         |
| TOTAL STATE(S) UNION TERRITORIES: | TOTAL STATE(S) UNION TERRITORIES: | 49708  | 52430  | 64907  | 13403.0                                    | 4.8                                 | 29.3                         |
| 29                                | A&N Islands                       | 5      | 8      | 28     | 4.0                                        | 7.0                                 | 63.6                         |
| 30 Chandigarh                     | 30 Chandigarh                     | 17     | 15     | 27     | 12.2                                       | 2.2                                 | 42.1                         |
| 31                                | D&NHaveli and Daman &Diu          | 3      | 5      | 5      | 12.0                                       | 0.4                                 | 71.4                         |
| 32                                | Delhi                             | 168    | 356    | 685    | 211.0                                      | 3.2                                 | 89.3                         |
| 33                                | Jammu &Kashmir                    | 120    | 154    | 173    | 135.4                                      | 1.3                                 | 43.1                         |
| 34                                | Ladakh                            | 1      | 5      | 3      | 3.0                                        | 1.0                                 | 0.0                          |
| 35                                | Lakshadweep                       | 3      | 1      | 1      | 0.7                                        | 1.4                                 | 0.0                          |
| 36                                | Puducherry                        | 10     | 0      | 64     | 16.2                                       | 3.9                                 | 72.7                         |
| TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL ALL INDIA       | TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL ALL INDIA       | 50035  | 52974  | 65893  | 13797.5                                    | 4.8                                 | 29.6                         |

+' Crime Rate is calculated as Crime per one lakh of population.                                                                                                                  TABLE 9A.1 Page 1 of 1

● Population Source: Report of Technical group on Population Projections (July, 2020) National Commission on Population, MoHFW

● As per data provided by States/UTs

- States/UTs may not be compared purely on the basis of crime figures # Clarifications are pending from Nagaland