), (b) and (c): As per the data reported and maintained by National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs (NCRB, MHA), a total of 88, 232 and 305 cases of cyber crime against children were registered in the year 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Further, as per the data provided by NCRB, a total of 824, 843 and 1485 cyber crime cases and 0, 7 and 5 cyber crime cases against children were registered in the year 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively in Odisha.
State/U-wise Cases Registered under - (i) Cyber crimes against Children, (ii) Crime Head-wise Cases Registered under Cyber Crimes against Children and (iii) total cyber crimes for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 are at Annexure-I, Annexure-II and Annexure-III respectively. District-wise data on cyber crime against children is not maintained by NCRB separately.
(d) and (e): The Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 has adequate provisions to deal with prevalent cyber crimes including the ones related to children. Section 67B of the Act provides stringent punishment for publishing, browsing or transmitting child pornography in electronic form. Further, sections 354A and 354D of Indian Penal Code provide punishment for cyber bullying and cyber stalking. Also Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 provides for stringent punishment for using child for pornographic purposes and for storage of pornographic material involving child.
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 notified under the IT Act require that the intermediaries shall observe due diligence while discharging their duties and shall publish the rules and regulations, privacy policy and user agreement for access or usage of the intermediary''s computer resource by any person; inform their users not to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information that is inter alia, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, harms minor in any way; violates any law for the time being in force; etc.
Further, Government has taken a number of steps to protect children from online abuse. These, inter alia include:
(i) MeitY through a program, namely, Information Security Education & Awareness (ISEA), has been creating awareness among users highlighting the importance of following the ethics while using Internet and advising them not to share rumors/fake news. A dedicated website for information security awareness (https://www.infosecawareness.in) provides relevant awareness material.
(ii) Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued guidelines on 18.08.2017 to schools on the safe and secure use of Internet. This circular directs schools to install effective firewalls, filtering and monitoring software mechanisms in all the computers and deploy effective security policies.
(iii) POCSO E-box portal by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was opened for reporting of cyber crime targeting children including cyber bullying, cyber stalking, morphing of images and child pornography. The E-Box is also available as mobile app at Google/Apple Play Store.
(iv) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has launched an online national cyber crime reporting portal: “www.cybercrime.gov.in” to enable complainants to report complaints pertaining to all types of cyber crimes with special focus on cyber crimes against women and children.
(v) Government periodically blocks the websites containing extreme child sexual abuse material (CSAM) based on INTERPOL’s “worst of list” received through Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the national nodal agency for Interpol in India.
(vi) Government has issued direction to concerned Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to work out a suitable arrangement for receiving Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), UK list of CSAM websites/webpages on a dynamic basis and block access to child pornography webpages/websites.
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Annexure-I
State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Cyber crimes against Children during 2017-2019
SL State/UT 2017 2018 2019
1 Andhra Pradesh 1 12 9
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 1
3 Assam 1 9 7
4 Bihar 0 0 0
5 Chhattisgarh 4 7 5
6 Goa 2 2 1
7 Gujarat 4 12 7
8 Haryana 0 1 5
9 Himachal Pradesh 1 2 9
10 Jammu & Kashmir 1 0 0
11 Jharkhand 0 0 0
12 Karnataka 0 25 10
13 Kerala 0 25 30
14 Madhya Pradesh 5 15 20
15 Maharashtra 27 57 70
16 Manipur 2 0 1
17 Meghalaya 0 1 0
18 Mizoram 0 0 1
19 Nagaland 0 0 0
20 Odisha 0 7 5
21 Punjab 4 5 1
22 Rajasthan 6 2 9
23 Sikkim 0 1 0
24 Tamil Nadu 3 5 5
25 Telangana 0 2 3
26 Tripura 0 1 0
27 Uttar Pradesh 3 27 98
28 Uttarakhand 0 2 0
29 West Bengal 19 5 5
TOTAL STATE(S) 83 225 302
30 A&N Islands 0 1 0
31 Chandigarh 0 0 0
32 D&N Haveli 0 0 0
33 Daman & Diu 0 0 0
34 Delhi 5 6 3
35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0
36 Puducherry 0 0 0
TOTAL UT(S) 5 7 3
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 88 232 305
Source: Crime in India
Note : Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal in time for 2019, Data furnished for 2018 has been used
Annexure-II
Crime Head-wise Cases Registered under Cyber Crimes against Children during 2017-2019
Sl Crime Head 2017 2018 2019
1 Cyber Blackmailing/Threatening/ Harassment (Sec. 506, 503, 384 IPC r/w IT Act) 1 4 3
2 Fake Profile (IPC/SLL r/w IT Act) 3 3 1
3 Cyber Pornography/ Hosting or Publishing Obscene Sexual Materials depicting children (Sec. 67B of IT Act r/w other IPC/SLL r/w IT Act) 7 44 102
4 Cyber Stalking/Bullying (Sec. 354D IPC r/w IT Act) 7 40 45
5 Internet Crimes through Online Games etc (Sec. 305 IPC r/w IT Act) 0 0 1
6 Other Crimes against Children (IPC/SLL r/w IT Act) 70 141 153
7 Total Cyber crimes against Children 88 232 305
Annexure-III
State/UT wise Cases Registered under Cyber Crimes during 2017-2019
Sl State/UT 2017 2018 2019
1 Andhra Pradesh 931 1207 1886
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1 7 8
3 Assam 1120 2022 2231
4 Bihar 433 374 1050
5 Chhattisgarh 171 139 175
6 Goa 13 29 15
7 Gujarat 458 702 784
8 Haryana 504 418 564
9 Himachal Pradesh 56 69 76
10 Jammu & Kashmir 63 73 73
11 Jharkhand 720 930 1095
12 Karnataka 3174 5839 12020
13 Kerala 320 340 307
14 Madhya Pradesh 490 740 602
15 Maharashtra 3604 3511 4967
16 Manipur 74 29 4
17 Meghalaya 39 74 89
18 Mizoram 10 6 8
19 Nagaland 0 2 2
20 Odisha 824 843 1485
21 Punjab 176 239 243
22 Rajasthan 1304 1104 1762
23 Sikkim 1 1 2
24 Tamil Nadu 228 295 385
25 Telangana 1209 1205 2691
26 Tripura 7 20 20
27 Uttar Pradesh 4971 6280 11416
28 Uttarakhand 124 171 100
29 West Bengal 568 335 335
TOTAL STATE(S) 21593 27004 44395
30 A&N Islands 3 7 2
31 Chandigarh 32 30 23
32 D&N Haveli 1 0 0
33 Daman & Diu 0 0 3
34 Delhi 162 189 115
35 Lakshadweep 0 4 4
36 Puducherry 5 14 4
TOTAL UT(S) 203 244 151
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 21796 27248 44546
Source: Crime in India
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