Lok Sabha Question No. 455 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Cases of Cyber Crime
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Jual Oram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 455

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  DECEMBER, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 14, 1945 (SAKA)

CASES OF CYBER CRIME

455.   SHRI JUAL ORAM:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware of the increase in the cases of cyber crime in some States;

(b) if so, the reasons therefor;

(c)  whether any State-wise review has been made by the Government in this regard; and

(d) if so, the measures proposed to be adopted by the Government to stop the increasing rate of cyber crimes?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) : '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. The  Central  Government  supplements  the  initiatives  of  the  States/UTs through advisories and financial assistance under various schemes for

their capacity building of their 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.
- ii. Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams (JCCTs) have been constituted for Mewat, Jamtara, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Vishakhapatnam, and Guwahati 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 Law Enforcement Agencies of the States/UTs. Seven workshops were organized for JCCTs at Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Vishakhapatnam, Lucknow, Ranchi and Chandigarh in 2023.
- iii. 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) have provided its services to

State  LEAs  in  around  8,840  cyber  forensics  like  mobile  forensics, memory forensics, CDR Analysis, etc. to help them in investigation of cases pertaining to cyber crimes.

- 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  concerned  as  per  the provisions of the law.
- 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 amount of more than Rs. 930 Crore have been saved in more  than  3.80  lakh  complaints.  A  toll-free  Helpline  number  '1930' has  been  operationalized  to  get  assistance  in  lodging  online  cyber complaints.
- vi. 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.  along  with certification.  More  than  72,800  Police  Officers  from  States/UTs  are registered  and  more  than  50,000  Certificates  issued  through  the portal.

- vii. Till  date  more  than  2.45  lakhs  SIM  cards  and  42,000  IMEIs  as reported by Police authorities have been blocked by Government of India.
- viii. I4C has imparted cyber hygiene training to 5,600 officials of various Ministries/ Departments of Government of India.
- ix. I4C  has  imparted  cyber  hygiene  training  to  more  than  17,000  NCC cadets.
- x. 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 24,600 LEA personnel, judicial officers and prosecutors have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc.

- National  Cyber  Forensic  Laboratory  (Evidence)  has  been  set  up  at Hyderabad. Establishment of this laboratory provides the necessary cyber  crime, preserving the evidence and its analysis in line with the provisions of
- xi. forensic support  in cases  of  evidence  related  to IT Act and Evidence Act; and reduced turnaround time.
- xii. 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), 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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