## Policy Summary: Strategy to Control Cyber Crimes in India
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is implementing a multi-pronged strategy to control cyber crimes in India, recognizing that States/Union Territories (UTs) are primarily responsible for prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution, while the Central Government supplements their efforts. Key initiatives include:
**1. Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C):** Established as an attached office under the MHA, the I4C coordinates efforts to deal with all types of cyber crimes comprehensively.
**2. National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP):** Launched as part of the I4C (https://cybercrime.gov.in), the NCRP allows the public to report cyber crime incidents, with a focus on crimes against women and children. Incident conversion to FIRs and subsequent actions are managed by State/UT Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).
**3. Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS):** Launched in 2021 under I4C, this system facilitates immediate reporting of financial frauds to prevent fund siphoning. To date, it has helped save over ₹5,489 Crore across more than 17.82 lakh complaints. A toll-free helpline number, 1930, is operational for assistance.
**4. Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC):** A state-of-the-art center established at I4C, brings together representatives from major banks, financial intermediaries, payment aggregators, telecom service providers, IT intermediaries, and State/UT LEAs for immediate action and cooperation.
**5. Blocking of SIM Cards and IMEIs:** Over 9.42 lakh SIM cards and 2,63,348 IMEIs reported by police authorities have been blocked by the Government of India.
**6. Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme:** The MHA provides financial assistance to States/UTs for capacity building, including setting up cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories, hiring junior cyber consultants, and training LEA personnel, public prosecutors, and judicial officers. Cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories have been commissioned in 33 States/UTs, and over 24,600 personnel have been trained.
**7. Collaboration and Best Practices:** I4C regularly organizes State Connect, Thana Connect, and peer learning sessions to share best practices and enhance capacity building.
**8. National Cyber Forensics Laboratory:** A state-of-the-art laboratory has been established as part of I4C in New Delhi to provide early-stage cyber forensic assistance to Investigating Officers (IOs) of State/UT Police. It has provided services in approximately 12,460 cyber crime cases.
**9. CyTrain Portal:** A Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform developed under I4C for online training of police and judicial officers on cyber crime investigation, forensics, and prosecution. Over 1,05,796 police officers are registered, and over 82,704 certificates have been issued.
**10. Samanvaya Platform:** A Management Information System (MIS) platform for LEAs to share cybercrime data and analytics. It identifies interstate linkages of crimes and criminals, maps criminal locations, and facilitates technolegal assistance. It has led to the arrest of 10,599 accused, identified 26,096 linkages, and facilitated 63,019 cyber investigation assistance requests.
**11. Sahyog Portal:** Launched to expedite the process of sending notices to IT intermediaries under Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act, 2000, to remove or disable access to unlawful information. Currently, 9 Central and 34 State/UT Authorized Agencies, 72 IT Intermediaries and 35 Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) are onboarded.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Home Affairs: The Indian government ministry responsible for internal security, including cyber crime control.
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre I4C: An attached office under the Ministry of Home Affairs to deal with all types of cyber crimes in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal NCRP: A portal, part of I4C, that enables the public to report cyber crime incidents, with a special focus on crimes against women and children.
Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System CFCFRMS: A system under I4C, launched in 2021, for immediate reporting of financial frauds to stop siphoning off funds.
Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre CFMC: A state-of-the-art center established at I4C with representatives from major banks, financial intermediaries, and law enforcement agencies to tackle cybercrime.
Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children CCPWC Scheme: A scheme under which the Ministry of Home Affairs provides financial assistance to States/UTs for capacity building in cyber crime prevention.
National Cyber Forensic Laboratory Investigation, New Delhi: A state-of-the-art forensic laboratory established as part of the I4C at New Delhi to provide cyber forensic assistance to State/UT Police.
Information Technology Act, 2000: An Act of the Parliament of India to provide legal recognition for transactions carried out by means of electronic communication and to combat cybercrime.
Ministry of Home Affairs
STRATEGY TO CONTROL CYBER CRIMES IN
THE COUNTRY
Posted On: 23 JUL 2025 1:41PM 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 crime through 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 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 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, 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 toInvestigating 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 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. So far, 9 Central and 34 State/UT
Authorised Agencies, 72 IT Intermediaries and 35 Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) have
been onboarded on Sahyog Portal.
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 Rajya Sabha.
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(Release ID: 2147183)