Lok Sabha Question No. 1842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Prevention of Cyber Crimes
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1842

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2023/ SRAVANA 10, 1945 (SAKA)

PREVENTION OF CYBER CRIMES

†1842. SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether legal, technical and administrative measures adopted by the Government to prevent cyber crimes have yielded satisfactory results;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  cyber  crimes reported in the country, State-wise particularly in Madhya Pradesh during the last four years; and

(c) the other steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

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. States/UTs are primarily responsible for  the  prevention,  detection,  investigation  and  prosecution  of  crimes including cyber crimes. The Central Government supplements the initiatives  of  the  State  Governments through advisories and schemes for the    capacity   building   of    their  Law    Enforcement   Agencies (LEAs).

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  2021.  As  per  the  data  published  by  the NCRB,  State/UT  wise  details  of cases  registered, persons  arrested, persons charge-sheeted and persons convicted under cyber crimes (involving  communication  devices  as  medium/target)  including  Madhya Pradesh during the period from 2018 to 2021 are at the Annexure.

To  strengthen  the  mechanism  to  deal  with  cyber  crimes  in  a comprehensive  and  coordinated  manner,  the  Central  Government  has taken many 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. A 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.
- iii. The 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 38,700 Police Officers from States/UTs are registered and more than 19,300 Certificates issued through the portal.

- 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 (LEAs) 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  fraud  transactions  amounting  to  more  than  Rs.  570 Crore have been saved.  A toll-free Helpline number '1930' has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.
- vi. Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams have been constituted 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 LEAs of the States/UTs.

- vii. 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 23,500 LEA personnel, judicial officers and prosecutors have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc.
- viii. National  Cyber  Forensic  Laboratory  (Evidence)  has  been  set  up. Establishment  of  this  laboratory  provides  the  necessary  forensic support in cases of evidence related to cyber crime, preserving the evidence  and  its  analysis  in  line  with  the  provisions  of  IT  Act  and Evidence Act; and reduced turnaround time.
- 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.    Twitter   handle

(@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.

*****

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered(CR), Cases Chargesheeted(CCS), Cases Convicted(CON), Persons Arrested(PAR), Persons Chargesheeted(PCS), Persons Convicted(PCV) under Total Cyber Crimes during 2018-2021

| SL    | State/UT                    | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   |
|-------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL    | State/UT                    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh              | 1207   | 243    | 10     | 522    | 412    | 14     | 1886   | 235    | 3      | 452    | 344    | 5      |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 7      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 8      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 3     | Assam                       | 2022   | 201    | 3      | 1730   | 224    | 3      | 2231   | 349    | 13     | 1636   | 733    | 13     |
| 4     | Bihar                       | 374    | 229    | 0      | 357    | 330    | 0      | 1050   | 288    | 4      | 1014   | 519    | 17     |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                | 139    | 78     | 3      | 118    | 109    | 3      | 175    | 94     | 13     | 139    | 136    | 19     |
| 6     | Goa                         | 29     | 2      | 1      | 3      | 3      | 1      | 15     | 20     | 0      | 3      | 25     | 0      |
| 7     | Gujarat                     | 702    | 334    | 0      | 786    | 647    | 0      | 784    | 447    | 0      | 1083   | 1064   | 0      |
| 8     | Haryana                     | 418    | 184    | 5      | 260    | 252    | 5      | 564    | 188    | 6      | 314    | 288    | 10     |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh            | 69     | 25     | 0      | 19     | 27     | 0      | 76     | 20     | 2      | 44     | 24     | 2      |
| 10    | Jharkhand                   | 930    | 186    | 34     | 450    | 362    | 38     | 1095   | 344    | 19     | 402    | 568    | 19     |
| 11    | Karnataka                   | 5839   | 139    | 1      | 378    | 198    | 1      | 12020  | 111    | 9      | 446    | 183    | 10     |
| 12    | Kerala                      | 340    | 203    | 8      | 298    | 256    | 12     | 307    | 176    | 2      | 220    | 214    | 2      |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh              | 740    | 575    | 19     | 735    | 808    | 25     | 602    | 405    | 18     | 659    | 531    | 24     |
| 14    | Maharashtra                 | 3511   | 1052   | 10     | 2118   | 1449   | 22     | 4967   | 980    | 7      | 1739   | 1470   | 9      |
| 15    | Manipur                     | 29     | 0      | 0      | 8      | 0      | 0      | 4      | 0      | 0      | 8      | 0      | 0      |
| 16    | Meghalaya                   | 74     | 0      | 0      | 12     | 0      | 0      | 89     | 2      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0      |
| 17    | Mizoram                     | 6      | 2      | 0      | 3      | 2      | 0      | 8      | 4      | 0      | 5      | 5      | 0      |
| 18    | Nagaland                    | 2      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19    | Odisha                      | 843    | 219    | 0      | 254    | 284    | 0      | 1485   | 220    | 0      | 316    | 351    | 0      |
| 20    | Punjab                      | 239    | 80     | 5      | 258    | 118    | 7      | 243    | 90     | 5      | 259    | 118    | 9      |
| 21    | Rajasthan                   | 1104   | 232    | 2      | 418    | 411    | 3      | 1762   | 312    | 35     | 571    | 556    | 41     |
| 22    | Sikkim                      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 3      | 2      | 0      |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu                  | 295    | 131    | 11     | 326    | 185    | 11     | 385    | 113    | 8      | 400    | 161    | 10     |
| 24    | Telangana                   | 1205   | 480    | 0      | 699    | 601    | 0      | 2691   | 847    | 10     | 748    | 1564   | 11     |
| 25    | Tripura                     | 20     | 0      | 0      | 4      | 0      | 0      | 20     | 4      | 0      | 1      | 5      | 0      |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh               | 6280   | 2325   | 373    | 3437   | 3238   | 445    | 11416  | 3705   | 201    | 4324   | 5258   | 272    |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                 | 171    | 55     | 2      | 92     | 75     | 3      | 100    | 40     | 1      | 71     | 72     | 1      |
| 28    | West Bengal                 | 335    | 186    | 3      | 159    | 198    | 3      | 524    | 104    | 4      | 215    | 124    | 4      |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 26931  | 7163   | 490    | 13447  | 10191  | 596    | 44511  | 9099   | 360    | 15076  | 14318  | 478    |
| 29    | A&N Islands                 | 7      | 9      | 0      | 2      | 13     | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 30    | Chandigarh                  | 30     | 13     | 3      | 13     | 13     | 3      | 23     | 9      | 5      | 14     | 14     | 6      |
| 31    | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 3      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 32    | Delhi                       | 189    | 32     | 2      | 83     | 49     | 2      | 115    | 58     | 2      | 147    | 80     | 2      |
| 33    | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 73     | 14     | 0      | 19     | 19     | 0      | 73     | 18     | 0      | 22     | 22     | 0      |
| 34    | Ladakh                      | -      | -      | - 0    | -      | -      | -      | -      | - 0    | - 0    | - 0    | - 0    | - 0    |
| 35 36 | Lakshadweep Puducherry      | 4 14   | 0 3    | 0      | 2 3    | 0 3    | 0 0    | 4 4    | 3      | 0      | 8      | 8      | 0      |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 317    | 71     | 5      | 122    | 97     | 5      | 224    | 88     | 7      | 192    | 124    | 8      |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 27248  | 7234   | 495    | 13569  | 10288  | 601    | 44735  | 9187   | 367    | 15268  | 14442  | 486    |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2018-19

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during during 2018-19

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered(CR), Cases Chargesheeted(CCS), Cases Convicted(CON), Persons Arrested(PAR), Persons Chargesheeted(PCS), Persons Convicted(PCV) under Total Cyber Crimes during 2018-2021

| SL   | State/UT                   |       |       |      |       |       |        | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   |
|------|----------------------------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT                   | CR    | CCS   | CON  | PAR   | PCS   | PCV    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             | 1899  | 314   | 6    | 475   | 446   | 9      | 1875   | 374    | 8      | 363    | 515    | 8      |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          | 30    | 1     | 0    | 12    | 1     | 0      | 47     | 3      | 0      | 5      | 3      | 0      |
| 3    | Assam                      | 3530  | 385   | 0    | 1717  | 395   | 0      | 4846   | 579    | 2      | 6096   | 931    | 2      |
| 4    | Bihar                      | 1512  | 651   | 0    | 751   | 727   | 0      | 1413   | 424    | 2      | 980    | 520    | 2      |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               | 297   | 152   | 3    | 209   | 188   | 3      | 352    | 200    | 0      | 260    | 245    | 0      |
| 6    | Goa                        | 40    | 6     | 0    | 15    | 15    | 0      | 36     | 18     | 0      | 42     | 22     | 0      |
| 7    | Gujarat                    | 1283  | 475   | 0    | 942   | 906   | 0      | 1536   | 715    | 0      | 1395   | 1394   | 0      |
| 8    | Haryana                    | 656   | 221   | 0    | 347   | 323   | 0      | 622    | 326    | 3      | 647    | 601    | 4      |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           | 98    | 31    | 0    | 46    | 39    | 0      | 70     | 63     | 1      | 68     | 77     | 1      |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  | 1204  | 462   | 125  | 820   | 791   | 131    | 953    | 400    | 25     | 1414   | 1215   | 45     |
| 11   | Karnataka                  | 10741 | 2842  | 2    | 489   | 2916  | 2      | 8136   | 5801   | 10     | 615    | 5967   | 12     |
| 12   | Kerala                     | 426   | 161   | 0    | 299   | 179   | 0      | 626    | 287    | 2      | 447    | 345    | 2      |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             | 699   | 445   | 14   | 692   | 598   | 15     | 589    | 487    | 50     | 803    | 802    | 119    |
| 14   | Maharashtra                | 5496  | 902   | 3    | 1735  | 1238  | 3      | 5562   | 1428   | 23     | 2475   | 1914   | 60     |
| 15   | Manipur                    | 79    | 0     | 0    | 17    | 0     | 0      | 67     | 2      | 0      | 31     | 2      | 0      |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  | 142   | 1     | 0    | 9     | 7     | 0      | 107    | 6      | 0      | 2      | 8      | 0      |
| 17   | Mizoram                    | 13    | 8     | 2    | 4     | 8     | 2      | 30     | 20     | 3      | 31     | 21     | 3      |
| 18   | Nagaland                   | 8     | 0     | 0    | 0     | 0     | 0      | 8      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 19   | Odisha                     | 1931  | 282   | 0    | 369   | 396   | 0      | 2037   | 313    | 0      | 363    | 412    | 0      |
| 20   | Punjab                     | 378   | 106   | 1    | 298   | 162   | 1      | 551    | 188    | 4      | 416    | 247    | 4      |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  | 1354  | 340   | 24   | 541   | 520   | 32     | 1504   | 502    | 23     | 861    | 864    | 40     |
| 22   | Sikkim                     | 0     | 0     | 0    | 0     | 0     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 | 782   | 135   | 7    | 516   | 237   | 9      | 1076   | 147    | 6      | 612    | 198    | 8      |
| 24   | Telangana                  | 5024  | 939   | 280  | 1169  | 1158  | 282    | 10303  | 1361   | 19     | 1478   | 2179   | 21     |
| 25   | Tripura                    | 34    | 5     | 0    | 6     | 5     | 0      | 24     | 10     | 0      | 8      | 10     | 0      |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              | 11097 | 4987  | 642  | 6491  | 6427  | 878    | 8829   | 4407   | 292    | 6887   | 6006   | 387    |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                | 243   | 58    | 0    | 93    | 80    | 0      | 718    | 158    | 0      | 207    | 266    | 0      |
| 28   | West Bengal                | 712   | 178   | 0    | 203   | 313   | 0      | 513    | 307    | 17     | 246    | 336    | 17     |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 49708 | 14087 | 1109 | 18265 | 18075 | 1367   | 52430  | 18526  | 490    | 26753  | 25100  | 735    |
| 29   | A&N Islands                | 5     | 5     | 0    | 3     | 5     | 0      | 8      | 3      | 0      | 12     | 4      | 0      |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 | 17    | 3     | 1    | 4     | 3     | 2      | 15     | 6      | 0      | 9      | 7      | 0      |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu | 3     | 1     | 0    | 1     | 1     | 0      | 5      | 2      | 0      | 4      | 4      | 0      |
| 32   | Delhi                      | 168   | 61    | 0    | 107   | 77    | 0      | 356    | 157    | 1      | 494    | 336    | 1      |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir            | 120   | 14    | 0    | 33    | 23    | 0      | 154    | 49     | 0      | 102    | 60     | 0      |
| 34   | Ladakh                     | 1     | 0     | 0    | 0     | 0     | 0      | 5      | 0 1    | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep Puducherry     | 3 10  | 0 5   | 0 0  | 2     | 0     | 0      | 1 0    | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | 1 0    | 0 0    |
| 36   | TOTAL UT(S)                | 327   | 89    | 1    | 5 155 | 5 114 | 0      | 544    | 218    | 1      | 621    | 412    | 1      |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          | 50035 | 14176 | 1110 | 18420 | 18189 | 2 1369 | 52974  | 18744  | 491    | 27374  | 25512  | 736    |

Source: Crime in India