**Executive Summary:**
The Ministry of Home Affairs addressed the Lok Sabha regarding initiatives to modernize cybercrime infrastructure, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), mobile forensic labs, and the integration of the criminal justice system. The central government supplements state efforts through advisories and financial assistance. Key initiatives include establishing the I4C, launching the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), and implementing the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS).
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Cyber Crime Initiatives:**
* The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) was established to deal with all types of cyber crimes in a coordinated manner.
* The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) enables the public to report cybercrime incidents, especially those against women and children.
* The Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS) was launched in 2021 to report financial frauds and prevent fund siphoning. Over ₹5,489 Crore has been saved in more than 17.82 lakh complaints. Helpline 1930 is operational for online cyber complaints.
* A Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) at I4C facilitates cooperation between banks, financial intermediaries, telecom service providers, IT intermediaries, and law enforcement agencies to tackle cybercrime.
* Over 9.42 lakh SIM cards and 2,63,348 IMEIs have been blocked.
* **Capacity Building and Training:**
* Financial assistance is provided to States/UTs under the Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme for cyber forensic labs, consultants, and training.
* Cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories have been commissioned in 33 States/UTs.
* Over 24,600 law enforcement personnel, judicial officers, and prosecutors have been trained.
* I4C organizes State Connect, Thana Connect, and peer learning sessions.
* The National Cyber Forensics Laboratory Investigation at New Delhi provides early-stage cyber forensic assistance and has served in approximately 12,460 cases.
* The CyTrain portal offers online courses for police and judicial officers; over 1,05,796 police officers are registered, and more than 82,704 certificates have been issued.
* **Data Sharing and Coordination:**
* The Samanvaya Platform serves as a MIS, data repository, and coordination platform for law enforcement agencies, enabling data sharing, analytics, and interstate linkage of crimes and criminals. This has led to the arrest of 10,599 accused, 26,096 linkages and 63,019 Cyber Investigation assistance request.
* The Sahyog Portal expedites sending notices to IT intermediaries to remove unlawful content.
* **Cyber Crime Awareness:**
* Awareness campaigns include the Prime Minister's address in "Mann Ki Baat," programs by Akashvani, caller tunes, newspaper advertisements, Delhi Metro announcements, social media campaigns, and events like Kumbh Mela 2025.
* **Mobile Forensic Labs:**
* There are 605 District Mobile Units/labs in the country that facilitate onsite examination and preservation of evidence.
* **Integration of Criminal Justice System (ICJS):**
* ICJS facilitates the integration of IT systems (CCTNS, eForensics, eProsecution, eCourts, ePrisons) for seamless information transfer.
* CCTNS has been implemented in 17,712 police stations, eForensics in 117 forensic science laboratories, eProsecution in 751 prosecution districts, eCourts in 3,637 court complexes, and ePrisons in 1,373 prisons across all the States/UTs.
* Forward and backward integration of CCTNS with ePrison, eProsecution, eForensics, and eCourts is completed in a significant number of States/UTs.
**Impact Analysis**
* **State/UT Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs):**
* *Impact:* Primarily responsible for preventing, detecting, investigating, and prosecuting cybercrimes. They benefit from central government advisories, financial assistance, and capacity-building initiatives.
* *Action Required:* Utilize available resources, participate in training programs, and integrate with national platforms like NCRP and Samanvaya.
* **Police Officers/Judicial Officers:**
* *Impact:* Enhanced capabilities in cybercrime investigation, forensics, and prosecution through training programs and access to advanced tools.
* *Action Required:* Register for and complete online courses on the CyTrain portal, and implement best practices shared through I4C initiatives.
* **Financial Institutions (Banks, Payment Aggregators):**
* *Impact:* Collaboration with law enforcement agencies through the Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) to address financial cyber frauds.
* *Action Required:* Participate in the CFMC, share relevant data, and implement fraud prevention measures.
* **Citizens:**
* *Impact:* Increased awareness of cybercrimes and access to mechanisms for reporting incidents and preventing financial fraud.
* *Action Required:* Report cybercrime incidents through the NCRP, utilize the 1930 helpline for financial fraud, and stay informed through awareness campaigns.
* **IT Intermediaries:**
* *Impact:* Required to take action on notices received through the Sahyog Portal to remove or disable access to unlawful content.
* *Action Required:* Respond promptly to notices received through the Sahyog Portal and comply with the requirements of the IT Act, 2000.
Key Entities Referenced
Central Armed Police Forces: A collective term for the internal security forces in India under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre: An attached office of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, established to deal with all types of cyber crimes in the country in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal: A portal launched as part of the I4C to enable the public to report incidents pertaining to all types of cyber crimes.
Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System: A system under I4C launched in 2021 for immediate reporting of financial frauds.
Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre: A State of the Art center established at I4C where representatives of major banks, Financial Intermediaries, Payment Aggregators, Telecom Service Providers, IT Intermediaries and representatives of StatesUTs Law Enforcement Agency are working together for immediate action and seamless cooperation to tackle cybercrime.
Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children Scheme: A scheme under which the Ministry of Home Affairs provided financial assistance to the StatesUTs for their capacity building such as setting up of cyber forensiccumtraining laboratories, hiring of junior cyber consultants and training of LEAs personnel, public prosecutors and judicial officers.
National Cyber Forensics Laboratory Investigation: A state of the art laboratory established, as a part of the I4C, at New Delhi to provide early stage cyber forensic assistance to Investigating Officers IOs of StateUT Police.
Information Technology Act, 2000: An Act of the Parliament of India that governs the use of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and data and information in electronic form.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2610
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5TH AUGUST, 2025/ SARVANA 14, 1947 (SAKA)
MODERNISE CYBER CRIME INFRASTRUCTURE IN CAPF
†2610. SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of initiatives taken to modernise forensic and Cyber Crime
Infrastructure of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF);
(b) the details of the infrastructure set up under Indian Cyber Crime
Coordination Centre and its associated cyber fraud prevention centres;
(c) the number of districts in the country where mobile forensic labs have
been deployed so far and the manner by which these labs are helping in
crime investigations; and
(d) the current status of integration of police, judiciary, prison, forensic and
prosecution systems under the criminal justice system and the major
achievements in the field of digitisation of criminal justice processes?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)
(a) and (b): ‘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 through their Law Enforcement Agencies
(LEAs). The Central Government supplements the initiatives of the-2-
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States/UTs through advisories and financial assistance under various
schemes for capacity building of their LEAs. Strengthening of forensic and
cybercrime investigation capabilities is an ongoing process, undertaken as
per requirements, for various law enforcement agencies, including CAPFs.
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’
(CFCFRMS), under I4C, has been launched in year 2021 for immediate-3-
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reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by the
fraudsters. As per CFCFRMS operated by I4C, financial amount of more
than Rs. 5,489 Crore has been saved in more than 17.82 lakh
complaints so far. A toll-free Helpline number ‘1930’ has been
operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.
iv. A State of the Art, 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.
v. So far, more than 9.42 lakhs SIM cards and 2,63,348 IMEIs as reported
by Police authorities have been blocked by Government of India.
vi. The Ministry of Home Affairs has provided financial assistance 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 and more than 24,600 LEA personnel,-4-
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judicial officers and prosecutors have been provided training on cyber
crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc.
vii. I4C, MHA is regularly organising ‘State Connect’, ‘Thana Connect’ and
Peer learning session to share best practices, enhance capacity
building, etc.
viii. 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
12,460 cases pertaining to cyber crimes.
ix. 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. More than
1,05,796 Police Officers from States/UTs are registered and more than
82,704 Certificates issued through the portal.
x. 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-5-
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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 10,599 accused, 26,096 linkages and 63,019 Cyber Investigation
assistance request.
xi. ‘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.
xii. The Central Government has taken various initiatives to create cyber
crime awareness which, inter-alia, include:-
1) 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.
2) A special programme was organized by Akashvani, New Delhi on
Digital Arrest on 28.10.2024.
3) Caller Tune Campaign: I4C in collaboration with the Department of
Telecommunications (DoT) has launched a caller tune campaign-6-
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with effect from 19.12.2024 for raising awareness about
cybercrime and promoting the Cybercrime Helpline Number 1930 &
NCRP portal. The caller tunes were also being broadcast in English,
Hindi and 10 regional languages by Telecom Service Providers
(TSPs). Six versions of caller tunes were played which cover
various modus-operandi, namely, Digital Arrest, Investment Scam,
Malware, Fake Loan App, Fake Social Media Advertisements.
4) 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 and participated in Raahgiri
Function at Connaught Place, New Delhi on 27.10.2024.
5) To further 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, engaged MyGov for publicity in multiple-7-
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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 etc.
(c): As per the available information, there are 605 District Mobile
Units/labs in the country, these labs facilitates on-site examination and
preservation of evidence, which aid the investigation process.
(d): ICJS is facilitating the integration of the stand-alone IT systems
(Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems, eForensics,
eProsecution, eCourts and ePrisons) towards seamless transfer of
information between the pillars, to enhance data quality by reducing errors
in data entry, increase effectiveness and timeliness in investigations,
enable effective use of data analytics.
As on June 2025, CCTNS has been implemented in 17,712 police stations,
eForensics in 117 forensic science laboratories, eProsecution in 751
prosecution districts, eCourts in 3,637 court complexes, and ePrisons in
1,373 prisons across all the States/UTs.
As per the Pragati Dashboard Report of 01.06.2025, the forward integration
of CCTNS pillar with e-Prison, e-Prosecution, e-Forensics and e-Courts are
completed in 32, 28, 32 and 35 States/UTs respectively, and vice-versa,
backward integration from pillar applications viz., e-Prison, e-Prosecution,
e-Forensics and e-Courts to CCTNS is completed in 30, 26, 30 and 31
States/UTs respectively.
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