Will the Minister of Electronics & Information Technology be pleased to state:-
(a) the details of the cyber crimes reported during the last three years along with the current status of said crimes;
(b) the increase in such crimes in terms of percentage during the said period, state-wise;
(c) whether the Government has taken any step to deal with cyber crimes by making strict cyber laws; and
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(a) and (b): As per the data maintained by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs, a total of 9622, 11592 and 12317 cyber crime cases were registered during the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively. This includes cases registered under the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 and related sections of Indian Penal Code and Special & Local Laws involving computer as medium/ target. Data for year 2017 is still under compilation by NCRB. Statewise cybercrime details are at Annexure.
(c) and (d): The Information Technology Act, 2000 has provisions to deal with prevalent cyber crimes. Government has taken a number of legal, technical and administrative measures to prevent cyber crimes. These inter alia, include:
(i) Government has established National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) as per the provisions of Section 70A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 for protection of critical information infrastructure in the country.
(ii) The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issues alerts and advisories regarding latest cyber threats and countermeasures on regular basis. CERT-In has published guidelines for securing IT infrastructure, which is available on its website (www.cert-in.org.in).
(iii) Government has set up National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) to generate necessary situational awareness of existing and potential cyber security threats and enable timely information sharing for proactive, preventive and protective actions by individual entities.
(iv) Government has launched the Cyber Swachhta Kendra (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre). The centre is providing detection of malicious programs and free tools to remove the same for banks as well as common users.
(v) National Information Centre (NIC), which provides IT / E-Governance related services to Government departments, protects the cyber resources from possible compromises through a layered security approach in the form of practices, procedures and technologies that are put in place. NIC has deployed state-of-the-art security solutions including firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, anti-virus solution. Additionally, periodic security audits of resources are performed followed by subsequent hardenings. These are complemented by round-the –clock monitoring of security events and remedial measures are carried out for solving the problems subsequently.
(vi) Government has established security and safety test labs under Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate. Three major labs are functioning at Delhi, Kolkata and Bengaluru for security assessment of software (including computer programmes).
(vii) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has launched a portal www.cybercrime.gov.in for public to report complaints of child pornography and sexually abusive explicit content.
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Annexure
State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),under Total Cyber Crimes during 2014-2016
SL State/UT 2014 2015 2016
CR CR % Increase CR % Increase
1 Andhra Pradesh 282 536 90% 616 15%
2 Arunachal Pradesh 18 6 -67% 4 -33%
3 Assam 379 483 27% 696 44%
4 Bihar 114 242 112% 309 28%
5 Chhattisgarh 123 103 -16% 90 -13%
6 Goa 62 17 -73% 31 82%
7 Gujarat 227 242 7% 362 50%
8 Haryana 151 224 48% 401 79%
9 Himachal Pradesh 38 50 32% 31 -38%
10 Jammu & Kashmir 37 34 -8% 28 -18%
11 Jharkhand 93 180 94% 259 44%
12 Karnataka 1020 1447 42% 1101 -24%
13 Kerala 450 290 -36% 283 -2%
14 Madhya Pradesh 289 231 -20% 258 12%
15 Maharashtra 1879 2195 17% 2380 8%
16 Manipur 13 6 -54% 11 83%
17 Meghalaya 60 56 -7% 39 -30%
18 Mizoram 22 8 -64% 1 -88%
19 Nagaland 0 0 2
20 Odisha 124 386 211% 317 -18%
21 Punjab 226 149 -34% 102 -32%
22 Rajasthan 697 949 36% 941 -1%
23 Sikkim 4 1 -75% 1 0%
24 Tamil Nadu 172 142 -17% 144 1%
25 Telangana 703 687 -2% 593 -14%
26 Tripura 5 13 160% 8 -38%
27 Uttar Pradesh 1737 2208 27% 2639 20%
28 Uttarakhand 42 48 14% 62 29%
29 West Bengal 355 398 12% 478 20%
TOTAL STATE(S) 9322 11331 22% 12187 8%
30 A & N Islands 13 6 -54% 3 -50%
31 Chandigarh 55 77 40% 26 -66%
32 D&N Haveli 3 0 -100% 1
33 Daman & Diu 1 1 0% 0 -100%
34 Delhi UT 226 177 -22% 98 -45%
35 Lakshadweep 1 0 -100% 0
36 Puducherry 1 0 -100% 2
TOTAL UT(S) 300 261 -13% 130 -50%
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 9622 11592 20% 12317 6%
Source: Crime in India