Ministry of Home Affairs

STEPS TO CURB CYBER CRIME

Posted On: 18 MAR 2025 3:27PM by PIB Delhi

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 2022. As per the data published by the
NCRB, State/UT wise details of cases registered under cyber crimes and fraud for cyber crimes (involving
communication devices as medium/target) during the period from 2018 to 2022 are at the Annexure-I & II.
‘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 and setting up of hi-tech cyber cell 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.
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 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.
iii. The ‘Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System’, under I4C, has been
launched in year 2021 for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds
by the fraudsters. So far, financial amount of more than Rs. 4,386 Crore has been saved in more
than 13.36 lakh complaints. A toll-free Helpline number ‘1930’ has been operationalized to get
assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.
iv. 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)
has provided its services to State/UT LEAs in around 11,835 cases pertaining to cyber crimes.
v. A State of the Art Centre, 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.
vi. The Central Government has launched a comprehensive awareness programme on digital arrest
scams which, inter-alia, include; newspaper advertisement, announcement in Delhi Metros, use of
social media influencers to create special posts, campaign through Prasar Bharti and electronic
media, special programme on Aakashvani and participated in Raahgiri Function at Connaught
Place, New Delhi on 27.11.2024.
vii. The Hon'ble Prime Minister spoke about digital arrests during the episode "Mann Ki Baat" on
27.10.2024 and apprised the citizens of India.
viii. I4C in collaboration with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched a caller
tune campaign for raising awareness about cybercrime and promoting the Cyber Crime Helpline
 Number 1930 & NCRP. The caller tune is also being broadcasts in regional languages, delivered
7-8 times a day by Telecom Service Providers (TSPs).
ix. I4C proactively identify and blocked more than 3,962 Skype IDs and 83,668 Whatsapp accounts
used for Digital Arrest.
x. The Central Government has published a Press Release on Alert against incidents of ‘Blackmail’
and ‘Digital Arrest’ by Cyber Criminals Impersonating State/UT Police, NCB, CBI, RBI and
other Law Enforcement Agencies.
xi. Till 28.02.2025, more than 7.81 lakhs SIM cards and 2,08,469 IMEIs as reported by Police
authorities have been blocked by Government of India.
xii. 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.
xiii. 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 6,046 accused, 17,185 linkages and 36,296 Cyber Investigation assistance request.
xiv. Ministry of Home Affairs has provided central assistance under ‘Assistance to States for
Modernization of Police’ Scheme to the State Governments 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.
xv. The Ministry of External Affairs also holds bilateral cyber dialogue with various countries from
time to time. The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs,
being a nodal agency for cyber crime in the country is actively participate in such cyber
dialogues.
xvi. The National Central Bureau (NCB) in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) acted as
effective interface between Indian LEAs and foreign LEAs and facilitates regular exchange of
information through INTERPOL channels. Recently BHARATPOL portal has been launched to
further streamline the communication between NCB, CBI and Indian LEAs in the matters of
international assistance and coordination.
xvii. The CBI is nodal agency for G-7 24/7 network. G7 24/7 is secure channel for making data
preservation requests in cases related to cyber crime.
xviii. 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, caller tune, 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, newspaper advertisement on
digital arrest scam, announcement in Delhi metros on digital arrest and other modus operandi
of cyber criminals, use of social media influencers to create special posts on digital arrest,
digital displays on railway stations and airports across, etc.
Annexure-I
State/UT-wise Cases Registered(CR) under Cyber Crimes during 2020-2022
SL State/UT 2020 2021
1 Andhra Pradesh 1899 1875
2 Arunachal Pradesh 30 47
3 Assam 3530 4846
4 Bihar 1512 1413
5 Chhattisgarh 297 352
6 Goa 40 36
7 Gujarat 1283 1536
8 Haryana 656 622
9 Himachal Pradesh 98 70
10 Jharkhand 1204 953
11 Karnataka 10741 8136 1
12 Kerala 426 626
13 Madhya Pradesh 699 589
14 Maharashtra 5496 5562
15 Manipur 79 67
16 Meghalaya 142 107
17 Mizoram 13 30
18 Nagaland 8 8
19 Odisha 1931 2037
20 Punjab 378 551
21 Rajasthan 1354 1504
22 Sikkim 0 0
23 Tamil Nadu 782 1076
24 Telangana 5024 10303 1
25 Tripura 34 24
26 Uttar Pradesh 11097 8829 1
27 Uttarakhand 243 718
28 West Bengal 712 513
TOTAL STATE(S) 49708 52430 6
29 A&N Islands 5 8
30 Chandigarh 17 15
31 D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu 3 5
32 Delhi 168 356
33 Jammu & Kashmir 120 154
34 Ladakh 1 5
35 Lakshadweep 3 1
36 Puducherry 10 0
TOTAL UT(S) 327 544
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 50035 52974 6
 Source: ‘Crime in India’ published by NCRB.
ANNEXURE-II
State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) under Fraud for Cyber Crimes during Year 2020-2022

SL State/UT 2020 2021

1 Andhra Pradesh 764 952
2 Arunachal Pradesh 3 2
3 Assam 58 82
4 Bihar 1294 1373
5 Chhattisgarh 71 67
6 Goa 1 1
7 Gujarat 205 208
8 Haryana 36 52
9 Himachal Pradesh 1 6
10 Jharkhand 83 79
11 Karnataka 0 6
12 Kerala 6 16
13 Madhya Pradesh 69 89
14 Maharashtra 2032 1678
15 Manipur 0 0
16 Meghalaya 10 0
17 Mizoram 0 0
18 Nagaland 0 0
19 Odisha 1079 1205
20 Punjab 16 29
21 Rajasthan 332 371
22 Sikkim 0 0
23 Tamil Nadu 5 107
24 Telangana 3316 7003
25 Tripura 0 0
26 Uttar Pradesh 837 614
27 Uttarakhand 1 0
28 West Bengal 145 40
TOTAL STATE(S) 10364 13980 1
29 A&N Islands 0 0
30 Chandigarh 0 0
31 D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu 0 0
32 Delhi 31 19
33 Jammu & Kashmir 0 8
34 Ladakh 0 0
 35 Lakshadweep 0 0
36 Puducherry 0 0
TOTAL UT(S) 31 27
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 10395 14007 1
Source: ‘Crime in India’ published by NCRB.
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a
written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
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