Lok Sabha Question No. 830 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-01
Subject: Cyber Security Policy
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: DINESH TRIVEDI, RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.830

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 01 ST  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 11, 1937 (SAKA)

CYBER SECURITY POLICY

830.

SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI: SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

## Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the cyber-security policy and the agencies responsible for cyber-security in the country along with their roles and responsibilities;
- (b) the number of cases of cyber crimes including on line frauds reported along with the number of persons arrested and convicted during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has launched cyber crime helpline keeping in  view  the  internal  security  of  the  country  and  if  so,  the  number  of crimes that came to light in the country as a result thereof; and
- (d) the measures taken to curb cyber crimes and tackle cyber hacking in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a): National Cyber Security Policy 2013 has been released  by Department  of  Electronics  and  IT  on  02.07.2013.  The  objective  of  the Policy is to protect information and information infrastructure in cyberspace, build capabilities to prevent and respond to cyber threats, reduce vulnerabilities and minimize damage from cyber incidents

## LS.US.Q.NO.830 FOR 01.03.2016

through  a  combination  of  institutional  structures,  people,  processes, technology and cooperation.The framework for Enhancing Cyber Security  of  Indian  Cyber  Space,  has  allocated  the  responsibility  of overall cyber security amongst three principal organizations as under:

· NTRO would be responsible for the protection of identified Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) initially within the Government.

· MoD/Defence Service/DRDO would be responsible for defence related cyber threats, vulnerability, detection and mitigation; and

· DeitY/CERT-IN  would  be  responsible  for  non-critical  government sectors and CII in the private sector not included in (a) and (b) above.

The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  would  be  responsible  for  framing policies  related  to  classification,  handling  and  security  of  information relating  to  Government  in  consultation  with  other  stakeholders  and monitoring its implementation. The National Information Security Policy Guidelines (NISPG) has been issued by the MHA in the m/o July, 2014 to the Ministries/Departments for the implementation.

## LS.US.Q.NO.830 FOR 01.03.2016

(b):  As per the data made available by National Crime Records Bureau, a total  number of 3,477 cases, 5,693 cases & 9,622 cases were reported under cyber-crimes including online  frauds  (which includes cases under IT  Act  and  sections  of  Indian  Penal  Code  (IPC)  and      Special  &  Local Laws (SLL) involving computer as medium /target) during 2012, 2013 & 2014  respectively.  The  State/UT  wise  cases  registered,  cases  charge sheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons charge sheeted and persons  convicted  under  cybercrimes  (which  includes  cases  under  IT Act and section of Indian Penal Code (IPC) & Special & Local Laws (SLL) involving computer as medium /target)  during 2012-2014 is enclosed at Annexure.

(c):  Ministry of Home Affairs has not launched any cybercrime helpline.

(d):  The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued  an  Advisory  on  16 th July, 2010 to the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations on Cyber  Crime.  The  State  Governments  have  been  advised  to  build adequate technical capacity in handling cybercrime including technical infrastructure, cyber police stations and trained manpower for detection, registration, investigation and prosecution of cybercrimes.

## LS.US.Q.NO.830 FOR 01.03.2016

The Ministry of Home Affairs has also in-principle approved to set up an Indian Cyber  Crime  Coordination  Centre  (I4C) to fight against cybercrime in the country and establish an open platform for victims to raise  cybercrime  complaints  with  the  protocol  for  resolution  such  as online crime reporting, to support and coordinate electronic investigations  of  cybercrime,  assist  the  law  enforcement  agencies  in criminal investigation.

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## State/UT wise cases registered (CR), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases convicted (CV), persons arrested (PAR), persons charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under total cyber crimes during 2012-2014

|               |                   | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2012    |      |    |    |      |     |     |      | 2014*   | 2014*   | 2014*   | 2014*   | 2014*   |
|---------------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|------|----|----|------|-----|-----|------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| SL State/UT   |                   | CR     | CS     | CV     | PAR    | PCS PCV | CR   | CS | CV | PAR  | PCS | PCV | CR   | CS      | CV      | PAR     | PCS     | PCV     |
| 1             | Andhra Pradesh    | 454    | - -    | 239    | -      | -       | 651  | -  | -  | 313  | -   | -   | 282  | 90      | 9       | 236     | 116     | 10      |
| 2             | Arunachal Pradesh | 12     | -      | - 6    | -      | -       | 10   | -  | -  | 5    | -   | -   | 18   | 0       | 0       | 2       | 0       | 0       |
| 3             | Assam             | 28     | -      | - 5    | -      | -       | 154  | -  | -  | 2    | -   | -   | 379  | 22      | 1       | 351     | 22      | 1       |
| 4 Bihar       |                   | 30     | -      | - 51   | -      | -       | 139  | -  | -  | 229  | -   | -   | 114  | 15      | 1       | 111     | 17      | 1       |
| 5             | Chhattisgarh      | 59     | -      | - 36   | -      | -       | 101  | -  | -  | 50   | -   | -   | 123  | 58      | 0       | 105     | 83      | 0       |
| 6 Goa         |                   | 32     | -      | - 13   | -      | -       | 58   | -  | -  | 11   | -   | -   | 62   | 5       | 1       | 14      | 9       | 2       |
| 7             | Gujarat           | 78     | -      | - 80   | -      | -       | 77   | -  | -  | 65   | -   | -   | 227  | 71      | 0       | 174     | 109     | 0       |
| 8             | Haryana           | 182    | -      | - 162  | -      | -       | 323  | -  | -  | 194  | -   | -   | 151  | 62      | 3       | 121     | 101     | 4       |
| 9             | Himachal Pradesh  | 20     | -      | - 25   | -      | -       | 28   | -  | -  | 13   | -   | -   | 38   | 14      | 0       | 16      | 36      | 0       |
| 10            | Jammu & Kashmir   | 35     | -      | - 17   | -      | -       | 46   | -  | -  | 16   | -   | -   | 37   | 3       | 0       | 4       | 3       | 0       |
| 11            | Jharkhand         | 35     | -      | - 11   | -      | -       | 26   | -  | -  | 20   | -   | -   | 93   | 24      | 0       | 57      | 29      | 0       |
| 12            | Karnataka         | 437    | -      | - 80   | -      | -       | 533  | -  | -  | 104  | -   | -   | 1020 | 118     | 2       | 372     | 177     | 2       |
| 13            | Kerala            | 312    | -      | - 175  | -      | -       | 383  | -  | -  | 169  | -   | -   | 450  | 168     | 12      | 283     | 209     | 13      |
| 14            | Madhya Pradesh    | 197    | -      | - 197  | -      | -       | 342  | -  | -  | 177  | -   | -   | 289  | 237     | 6 386   |         | 386     | 15      |
| 15            | Maharashtra       | 561    | -      | - 407  | -      | -       | 907  | -  | -  | 603  | -   | -   | 1879 | 445     | 3       | 942     | 641     | 3       |
| 16            | Manipur           | 0      | -      | - 0    | -      | -       | 1    | -  | -  | 0    | -   | -   | 13   | 1       | 0       | 3       | 1       | 0       |
| 17            | Meghalaya         | 6      | -      | - 0    | -      | -       | 17   | -  | -  | 0    | -   | -   | 60   | 11      | 0       | 12      | 12      | 0       |
| 18            | Mizoram           | 0      | -      | - 0    | -      | -       | 0    | -  | -  | 0    | -   | -   | 22   | 4       | 0       | 4       | 4       | 0       |
| 19            | Nagaland          | 0      | -      | - 0    | -      | -       | 0    | -  | -  | 0    | -   | -   | 0    | 1       | 0       | 0       | 1       | 0       |
| 20 Odisha     |                   | 27     | -      | - 6    | -      | -       | 104  | -  | -  | 62   | -   | -   | 124  | 17      | 0       | 17      | 17      | 0       |
| 21            | Punjab            | 78     | -      | - 88   | -      | -       | 156  | -  | -  | 133  | -   | -   | 226  | 62      | 7       | 159     | 73      | 7       |
| 22 Rajasthan  |                   | 154    | -      | - 94   | -      | -       | 297  | -  | -  | 151  | -   | -   | 697  | 161     | 7       | 248     | 248     | 8       |
| 23 Sikkim     |                   | 0      | -      | - 0    | -      | -       | 0    | -  | -  | 0    | -   | -   | 4    | 0       | 0       | 2       | 0       | 0       |
| 24 Tamil      | Nadu              | 41     | -      | - 33   | -      | -       | 90   | -  | -  | 97   | -   | -   | 172  | 23      | 3       | 120     | 28      | 5       |
| 25            | Telangana -       |        | -      | - -    | -      | -       | -    | -  | -  | -    | -   | -   | 703  | 61      | 1       | 429     | 80      | 1       |
| 26 Tripura    |                   | 14     | -      | - 10   | -      | -       | 14   | -  | -  | 13   | -   | -   | 5    | 0       | 0 1     |         | 0       | 0       |
| 27 Uttar      | Pradesh           | 249    | -      | - 185  | -      | -       | 682  | -  | -  | 602  | -   | -   | 1737 | 267     | 7       | 1223    | 383     | 8       |
| 28            | Uttarakhand       | 4      | -      | - 2    | -      | -       | 27   | -  | -  | 6    | -   | -   | 42   | 21      | 0       | 39      | 37      | 0       |
| 29 West       | Bengal            | 309    | -      | - 112  | -      | -       | 342  | -  | -  | 209  | -   | -   | 355  | 79      | 2       | 212     | 90      | 2       |
| TOTAL         | STATE(S)          | 3354   | -      | - 2034 | -      | -       | 5508 | -  | -  | 3244 | -   | -   | 9322 | 2040    | 65      | 5643    | 2912    | 82      |
| 30 A &        | N Islands         | 2      | -      | - 0    | -      | -       | 18   | -  | -  | 3    | -   | -   | 13   | 2       | 0 5     |         | 3       | 0       |
| 31 Chandigarh |                   | 33     | -      | - 5    | -      | -       | 11   | -  | -  | 9    | -   | -   | 55   | 24      | 6       | 45      | 24      | 8       |
| 32 D&N        |                   | 0      | -      | -      | -      | -       | 0    | -  | -  | 0    | -   | -   | 3    | 0       | 0       | 1       | 0       | 0       |
|               | Haveli            |        |        | 0      |        |         |      |    |    |      | -   |     |      |         |         | 2       |         | 0       |
| 33 Daman      | & Diu             | 0 -    |        | - 0    | -      | -       | 1    | -  | -  | 2    | -   | -   | 1    | 1       | 0       |         | 2       |         |
| 34 Delhi      | UT                | 84     | - - -  | 28     | -      | -       | 150  | -  | -  | 41   |     | -   | 226  | 49      | 5       | 56      | 57      | 5       |
| 35            | Lakshadweep       | 0      | -      | 0      | -      | -       | 0    | -  | -  | 0    | -   | -   | 1    | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       |
| 36            | Puducherry        | 4      | -      | - 4    | -      | -       | 5    | -  | -  | 2    | -   | -   | 1    | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       |
|               | TOTAL UT(S)       | 123    | -      | - 37   |        | - -     | 185  | -  | -  | 57   | -   | -   | 300  | 76      | 11      | 109     | 86      | 13      |
| TOTAL         | (ALL INDIA) 3477  |        | -      | - 2071 | -      | -       | 5693 | -  | -  | 3301 | -   | -   | 9622 | 2116    | 76      | 5752    | 2998    | 95      |

Source: Crime in India

Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts may includes cases/persons of previous years also.