**Summary:**
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is supplementing state and union territory (UT) efforts to combat cybercrime through advisories and financial assistance, recognizing that police and public order are state subjects under the Constitution of India. A key initiative is the Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme, under which the MHA has provided ₹132.93 crores to States/UTs for capacity building. This includes establishing cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories, hiring junior cyber consultants, and training law enforcement agency (LEA) personnel, public prosecutors, and judicial officers. As of August 2025, cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories have been commissioned in 33 States/UTs, with Tamil Nadu's laboratory partially functional. Training curricula have been developed, and over 24,600 LEA personnel, public prosecutors, and judicial officers have received training in cybercrime awareness, investigation, and forensics under the CCPWC Scheme.
The Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (cybercrime.gov.in), initially launched in 2018 and revamped in 2019, serves as a centralized online platform for citizens to report cybercrimes, with a focus on crimes against women and children. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) are authorized to issue notices to intermediaries under Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act for the removal of child pornography and rape/gang rape content (notifications issued on August 13, 2018, and March 13, 2024, respectively). A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on April 26, 2019, between the NCRB and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the USA for receiving tip line reports on online child pornography and child sexual exploitation content. Finally, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) was established as an attached office of the MHA on July 1, 2024, to coordinate efforts against all types of cybercrime nationwide.
Key Entities Referenced
Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children CCPWC Scheme: A scheme under which the Ministry of Home Affairs released financial assistance to States and Union Territories for capacity building to prevent cyber crime against women and children.
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre I4C: An attached office under the Ministry of Home Affairs set up to deal with all types of cyber crimes in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
National Crime Records Bureau NCRB: An agency of Government of India notified to issue notices to intermediaries under section 793b of the IT Act for removal of Child Pornography CP, Rape Gang Rape RGR content.
Ministry of Home Affairs: The ministry responsible for releasing financial assistance and setting up the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre to curb cyber crimes.
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal: A centralized online platform which allowed citizens to report online content pertaining to Child Pornography CPChild Sexual Abuse Material CSAM or sexually explicit content such as RapeGang RapeRGR content.
Information Technology Act: A law which contains section 793b under which notices are issued to intermediaries for removal of Child Pornography CP, Rape Gang Rape RGR content.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where a question related to cyber crime prevention was answered.
Delhi: The location from which the press release was issued.
Ministry of Home Affairs
PERFORMANCE OF CYBER CRIME PREVENTION
SCHEME
Posted On: 05 AUG 2025 3:36PM by PIB Delhi
‘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 crimethrough 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, including cyber crimes against women and children
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.
ii. Cyber Forensic-cum-Training Laboratories have been commissioned in
33 States/UTs namely Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Odisha, Sikkim,
Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and
Diu, Punjab, Tripura, Puducherry, Chandigarh, J&K, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Manipur,
Andman& Nicobar Islands and Delhi. In Tamil Nadu the laboratory is only partially functional.
iii. 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
iv. Cyber crime Reporting Portal (https://cybercrime.gov.in) was launched on 20.09.2018. This portal was
a centralized online platform which allowed citizens to report online content pertaining to Child
Pornography (CP)/Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) or sexually explicit content such as
Rape/Gang Rape(RGR) content. A revamped National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal was launched on
30.08.2019 to enable citizens to report all types of cyber-crimes with a special focus on cyber crime
against women & children.
v. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) have been
notified as an agency of Government of India to issue notices to intermediaries under section 79(3)(b) of
the IT Act for removal of Child Pornography (CP), Rape & Gang Rape (RGR) content on 13.08.2018
and 13.03.2024 respectively.
vi. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed on 26.04.2019 between the National Crime
Records Bureau (NCRB), India and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC),
USA regarding receiving of Tip line report on online child pornography and child sexual exploitation
contents from NCMEC.
vii. With a view to strategically curb cyber crimes and take prompt action, the Ministry of Home Affairs
has taken a policy decision to set up the ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre’ (I4C) as an
attached office on 01.07.2024 to deal with all types of cyber crimes in the country, in a coordinated andcomprehensive manner.
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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