Lok Sabha Question No. 782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: Cyber Security Training Institutes
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: S. Gnanathiraviam, Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay Vasanth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 782

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY, 2023/ SRAVANA 3, 1945 (SAKA)

CYBER SECURITY TRAINING INSTITUTES

782. SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S.:

SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR ALIAS VIJAY VASANTH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  establish  any  cyber  security training  institutes  to  develop  trained  cyber  crime  police  officers  in  the country  to  combat  fast  increasing  incidence  of  cyber  crimes  from/within the country or instigated from foreign countries;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the Government's action in this regard; and

(c)  the  funds  allocated  to  States/UTs  for  creating  infrastructure  facilities with advanced gadgets to facilitate cyber crime police?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c):'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. It is the primary responsibility of the State  Governments/UT  Administration  to  equip  their  police  forces  with adequate infrastructure facilities, state-of-art technology gadgets,

## L.S.US.Q.N.O. 782 FOR 25.07.2023

manpower  and  training  for  tackling  cybercrimes.  However,  the  Central Government supplements the initiatives of the State Governments through various  advisories  and  schemes  for  the  capacity  building  of  their  Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).

Under  the  Cybercrime  Prevention  against  Women  and  Children (CCPWC) Scheme, financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 122.24 Crore has been provided to all State/UTs for setting up of cyber forensic cum training laboratories,  hiring  of  junior  cyber  consultants  and  capacity  building  of Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), public prosecutors and judicial officers. So far, cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories have been commissioned in 33 States/UTs.

Massive  Open  Online  Courses  (MOOC)  platform,  namely  'CyTrain' portal  has  been  developed  under  the  Indian  Cyber  Crime  Coordination Centre  (I4C), for capacity  building of police officers/judicial officers through  online  courses  on  critical  aspects  of  cyber  crime  investigation, forensics,  prosecution  etc.  along  with  certification.  More  than  38,300 Police  Officers  from  States/UTs  are  registered  and  more  than  19,100 Certificates issued

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through the portal. In addition, training curriculum has been prepared for  police  personnel,  public  prosecutors  and  judicial  officers  for  better handling  of  investigation  and  prosecution  and  States/UTs  have  been requested to organize training programmes accordingly.36118 LEAs, 2022 Judicial Officer and 2240 Public Prosecutors have been trained by Ministry of Home Affairs, State Government and BPR&D.

Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  provided  central  assistance  under 'Assistance  to  States  &  UTs  for  Modernization  of  Police'  Scheme  to  the States  &  UTs  for  the  acquisition  of  latest  weaponry,  training  gadgets, advanced  communication/forensic  equipment,  Cyber  Policing  equipment etc.  The  State  Governments  formulate  State  Action  Plans  (SAPs)  as  per their  strategic  priorities  and  requirements  including  combating  cyber crimes.  The  amount  of  Central  financial  assistance  disbursed  under  this scheme during the last 3 financial years is as below:

(Rs. in Crore)

| Year    | Allocation                                         |   Released |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|------------|
| 2020-21 | 770.76 (Budget Estimate) 103.27 (Revised Estimate) |     103.25 |
| 2021-22 | 620.45 (Budget Estimate) 188.00 (Revised Estimate) |     158.57 |
| 2022-23 | 620.45 (Budget Estimate) 150.52 (Revised Estimate) |      36.69 |

(Funds against allocations could not be released to most of the States as they had substantial unspent balances.)

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