Parliament Question: Complaints related to crimes against women

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2954 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18TH MARCH, 2026/ PHALGUNA 27, 1947 (SAKA) COMPLAINTS RELATED TO CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN 2954. DR. KANIMOZHI NVN SOMU: Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) the total number of cybercrime complaints related to crimes against women registered on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal in the last five years, year-wise; (b) the breakup of these complaints, including cyberstalking, online harassment, cyber blackmailing, identity theft, Non-Consensual Intimate Content (NCIC), deepfake misuse and other offences, category-wise; (c) the number of cases resolved and pending and average time taken for resolution of complaints related to women, State-wise; and (d) whether Government is taking any step to strengthen digital safety measures for women, including stricter enforcement, awareness campaigns and AI-based monitoring, if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR) (a) to (d): ‘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 against women through their Law Enforcement-2- R.S.US.Q.NO. 2954 FOR 18.03.2026 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, including cyber crimes against women 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 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-cum- Training Laboratories have been commissioned in 33 States/UTs. ii. Training curriculum has been prepared for LEA personnel, Public Prosecutors and Judicial officers for better handling of investigation and prosecution. States/UTs have been requested to organize training programmes. More than 24,600 LEA personnel, Public Prosecutors and Judicial officers have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc. under CCPWC Scheme.-3- R.S.US.Q.NO. 2954 FOR 18.03.2026 iii. 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. iv. 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. The total number of cybercrime incidents related to crimes against women reported on the NCRP in the last five years are as under: Category Sub-Category 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Child Pornography (CP)-Child Sexual 2109 3062 2957 6060 10431 Abuse Material CSAM/CSEM/ (CSAM) RGR Rape/Gang Rape (Anonymous (RGR)-Sexually 27945 30574 12129 4261 8780 + Report Abusive Content &Track) Sexually Obscene 12251 16341 14322 21919 37743 material 9743 12247 10658 16095 19703 Sexually Explicit Act TOTAL 52048 62224 40066 48335 76657-4- R.S.US.Q.NO. 2954 FOR 18.03.2026 Incidents reported in the categories like Cyberstalking, Identity Theft etc. in another category of ‘Online and Social Media related Crime’ on NCRP for the last five years are as under: Category Sub-Category 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 E-Mail Phishing 798 1364 1272 2008 2240 Cheating by 12617 20041 18135 19991 23252 Impersonation Fake/Impersonating 15843 23626 30234 39884 46784 Profile Profile Hacking/ 10650 26288 33724 38297 34533 Online and Identity Theft Social Media Provocative Speech 2320 4092 3597 5250 7595 Related for unlawful acts Crime Impersonating Email 208 285 304 586 754 Intimidating Email 149 227 228 571 522 Online Job Fraud 7504 10292 13764 10457 11126 Online Matrimonial 623 1149 926 854 1128 Fraud Cyber Bullying / 21589 44270 39080 39156 45832 Stalking / Sexting TOTAL 72301 131634 141264 157054 173766 v. In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 79 of the Information Technology Act 2000, Central Government being the appropriate government designated the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), to be the agency of the Ministry of Home Affairs to perform the functions under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 79 of Information Technology Act, 2000 and to notify the instances of information, data or communication link residing in or connected to a computer resource controlled by the intermediary being used to commit the unlawful act on 13.03.2024.-5- R.S.US.Q.NO. 2954 FOR 18.03.2026 vi. National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Evidence) was inaugurated on 14.05.2022 at Hyderabad. Establishment of this laboratory provides the necessary forensic support in cases of evidence related to cyber crime, preserving the evidence and its analysis in line with the provisions of IT Act and Evidence Act; and reduced turnaround time by 50%. vii. 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. 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.-6- R.S.US.Q.NO. 2954 FOR 18.03.2026 ix. 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. 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 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. 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-7- R.S.US.Q.NO. 2954 FOR 18.03.2026 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. ‘Sahyog’ Portal has been launched to expedite the process of sending notices to IT intermediaries by the Appropriate Government or its agency under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 to facilitate the removal or disabling of access to any information, data or communication link being used to commit an unlawful act. xiii. 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), SMS campaign, TV campaign, Radio campaign, School Campaign, advertisement in cinema halls, celebrity endorsement, IPL campaign, campaign during Kumbh Mela 2025 & Suraj Kund Mela 2025, 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, digital displays on railway stations and airports across, etc. *****