Lok Sabha Question No. 5065 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Assistance to States to Tackle Cyber Incidents
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Daggumalla Prasada Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5065

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24 TH  MARCH, 2026/ CHAITRA 3, 1948 (SAKA)

ASSISTANCE TO STATES TO TACKLE CYBER INCIDENTS

5065. SHRI DAGGUMALLA PRASADA RAO:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  regarding  the  number  of  cyber  incidents  reported  in  the country during the last five years, year-wise;
- (b) the States reporting the highest number of cyber-incidents, along with details  of  any  special  assistance,  capacity-building  or  technical  support provided by the Central Government to such vulnerable States;
- (c) the details regarding the estimated financial loss accrued due to cyberincidents during the said period, year-wise;
- (d) the details of the number of persons or organizations convicted for cyber crimes during the last five years and the amount recovered from such cases, year-wise; and
- (e)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  strengthen  cyber-crime investigation, digital forensics and inter-agency coordination across States?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The  Indian  Computer  Emergency  Response  Team  (CERT-In)  is designated  as  the  national  agency  for  responding  to  cyber  security incidents, under the provisions of section 70B of the Information Technology

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Act, 2000 . As per the information reported to and tracked by CERT-In, the total number of cyber security incidents observed during the last five years are given below:

|   Year | Number of cyber security incidents   |
|--------|--------------------------------------|
|   2021 | 14,02,809                            |
|   2022 | 13,91,457                            |
|   2023 | 15,92,917                            |
|   2024 | 20,41,360                            |
|   2025 | 29,44,248                            |

As  per  CERT-In,  the  highest  number  of  cyber  incidents  reported including from sectors are from National Capital Territory of Delhi. Details regarding the estimated financial loss accrued due to cyber-incidents is not maintained by the CERT-In.

CERT-In  has  taken  following  measures  to  provide  assistance  to  all States and UTs for enhancing cyber security and prevent cyber attacks:

- i. CERT-In issues alerts and advisories regarding latest cyber threats/vulnerabilities and countermeasures  to  protect computers, networks and data on an ongoing basis.
- ii. National  Cyber  Coordination  Centre  (NCCC)  implemented  by  CERT-In, examines the cyberspace to detect cyber security threats. It shares the information  with  concerned  State  Governments,  organisations  across sectors, and stakeholder agencies for taking action.

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- iii. CERT-In  operates  an  automated  cyber  threat  exchange  platform  for proactively collecting, analysing and sharing tailored alerts with State Governments  and  organisations  across  sectors  for  proactive  threat mitigation actions by them.
- iv. Cyber Swachhta Kendra (CSK) is a service provided by CERT-In, which extends the vision of Swachh Bharat to the cyber space. Cyber Swachhta Kendra helps to detect malicious programs and vulnerable services and provide remedial measures to organisations across States and sectors.
- v. CERT-In has empanelled 237 security auditing organisations to support and audit implementation of Information Security Best Practices.
- vi. Cyber security mock drills are conducted regularly to enable assessment of cyber security posture and preparedness of organisations in Government (Central & States)  and  critical  sectors.  Workshops  along with these drills are conducted in States for facilitating coordination and information sharing in the area of cyber security.
- vii. CERTIn has launched a specific cybersecurity program 'Cyber Bharat Setu' which focuses on promo ting cybersecurity culture in States/UTs. Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir Administration participated in this program in 2025.

- viii. CERT-In conducts joint cyber security training programs in collaboration with  Industry  partners  to  upskill  the  cyber  security  workforce  in Government (Central & States), public and private organizations across sectors.
2. (d) & (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 , complaint reporting , recovery  actions , victim  support  systems and  prosecution  of crimes  including  cyber  fraud  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.

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 2023.  As per the data published by the NCRB, year wise details of cases registered and persons convicted under cyber crimes  (involving  communication  devices  as  medium/target)  during  the period from 2019 to 2023 are at below:

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|   Year |   Cases Registered |   Persons Convicted |
|--------|--------------------|---------------------|
|   2019 |              44735 |                 486 |
|   2020 |              50035 |                1369 |
|   2021 |              52974 |                 736 |
|   2022 |              65893 |                1407 |
|   2023 |              86420 |                1104 |

The data on amount recovered is not maintained by the NCRB.

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 National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, their conversion into FIRs and subsequent action i.e. filing of chargesheets, arrest and resolution of complaints, thereon are handled by the State/UT Law Enforcement Agencies concerned as per the provisions of the law.

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- 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, till 31.01.2026, financial amount of more than Rs. 8,690 Crore has been saved in more than 24.65 lakh complaints. 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. I4C, MHA is regularly organising 'State Connect', 'Thana Connect' and Peer  learning  session  to  share  best  practices,  enhance  capacity building, etc.
- vi. The  state  of  the  art  National-Digital  Investigation  Support  Centre (previously known as National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Investigation) {NCFL(I)}) has been established, as a part of the I4C, at New Delhi (on 18.02.2019)  and  at  Assam  (on 29.08.2025) to provide early stage cyber

forensic assistance to Investigating Officers (IOs) of State/UT Police. Till 31.01.2026, National-Digital Investigation Support Centre, New Delhi has provided  its  services  to  State/UT  LEAs  in  more  than  13,417  cases pertaining to cyber crimes.

- vii. The Ministry of Home Affairs has released financial assistance  to the tune  of  Rs.  132.93  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. Cyber forensic-cumtraining laboratories have been commissioned in 33 States/UTs and more than 24,600 LEA personnel, judicial officers and prosecutors have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc.
- viii. 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.  Till  31.01.2026, more than 1,51,081 police officers/judicial officers from States/UTs are registered and more than 1,42,025 Certificates issued through the portal.

- ix. A Suspect Registry of identifiers of cyber criminals has been launched by I4C on 10.09.2024 in collaboration with Banks/Financial Institutions. Till  31.01.2026, more than 23.05 lakh suspect identifier data received from Banks and 27.37 lakh Layer 1 mule accounts have been shared with the participating entities of Suspect Registry and declined transactions worth Rs. 9518.91 crores.
- x. 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 onboarding States/UTs to enhance the coordination framework among the Law Enforcement Agencies of the States/UTs.
- xi. 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 more than 21,857 accused and more than 1,49,636 Cyber Investigation assistance request.

- xii. A comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been issued by the Central Government on 2nd January 2026. It provides a uniform, victim-centric framework for handling complaints through the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS). The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for NCRP-CFCFRMS outlines a dedicated Coordination Mechanism to enhance collaboration, particularly with States and Union Territories,  whose  police  agencies  are  integral  stakeholders  in  the system.

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