Lok Sabha Question No. 350 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-22
Subject: Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Satish Kumar Gautam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 350

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  JULY, 2025/ ASHADHA 31, 1947 (SAKA)

INDIAN CYBER CRIME COORDINATION CENTRE

†350. SHRI SATISH KUMAR GAUTAM:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  Indian  Cyber  Crime  Coordination  Centre  was  setup  to coordinate cyber crimes;
- (b)  the  objectives  and  functions  of  the  Indian  Cyber  Crime  Coordination Centre and whether it is effective in tackling cyber crimes; and
- (c) the other measures taken by the Government to deal with all types of cyber crimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)

(a) to (c): '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 cyber crime 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.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 350 FOR 22.07.2025

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)as an attached office to deal with all types of  cyber  crimes  in  the  country,  in  a  coordinated  and  comprehensive manner.
- ii. The 'National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal' (NCRP) (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. 5,489Crore has been saved in more than 17.82lakh complaints

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so far. A tollfree Helpline number '1930' has been operationalized 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 Government of India.
- vi. 'Sahyog' Portal has been launched to expedite the process of sending notices  to  IT  intermediaries  by  the  Appropriate  Government  or  its agency under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 to facilitate the removal or disabling of access to any information,  data  or  communication  link  being  used  to  commit  an unlawful act.
- vii. A Suspect Registry of identifiers of cyber criminals has been launched by I4C on 10.09.2024 in collaboration with Banks/Financial Institutions. So far, more than 11 lakh suspect identifier data received from Banks and 24 lakh  Layer 1 mule accounts have been shared with

the participating entities of Suspect Registry and saved more than Rs.

4631 crores.

- viii. 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' maps  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 Law Enforcement Agencies from I4C and other SMEs. It has lead to arrest of 10,599accused, 26,096 linkages and 63,019 Cyber Investigation assistance request.
- ix. 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), SMS campaign, TV campaign, Radio campaign, School Campaign, advertisement in cinema halls, celebrity endorsement, IPL campaign, campaign during Kumbh Mela 2025, Mann Ki Baat, caller tune, engaged MyGov for publicity in multiple  mediums,

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organizing Cyber Safety and Security Awareness weeks in association with  States/UTs,  publishing  of  Handbook  for  Adolescents/Students, newspaper  advertisement  on  digital  arrest  scam,  announcement  in Delhi  metros  on  digital  arrest  and  other  modus  operandi  of  cyber criminals, use of social media influencers to create special posts on digital arrest, digital displays on railway stations and airports across, etc.

- x. The Central Government and Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) have devised a system to identify and block incoming international spoofed calls displaying Indian mobile numbers appear to be originating within India.
- xi. The Central Government has launched Sanchar Saathi portal (www.sancharsaathi.gov.in) to empower mobile subscribers, strengthen their security and increase awareness about citizen centric initiatives of the Government. The portal provides, inter-alia, facilities to citizens to report suspected fraud communications, know the mobile connections issued in their  name and report the mobile connections for disconnection which are either not required or not taken by them, report the stolen / lost mobile handset for blocking and tracing, check the genuineness of mobile  handset, report  the  incoming international

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calls received with Indian telephone number as calling line identification.

- xii. The  Central  Government  has  launched  an  online  Digital  Intelligence Platform (DIP) for sharing of telecom misuse related information with the concerned stakeholders for prevention of cyber-crime and financial frauds.

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