“MHA has set up the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) as an attached office to deal with all types of cybercrimes in the country in a coordinated and comprehensive manner. The ‘National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal’ (NCRP) has been launched, as part of I4C, to enable the public to report incidents pertaining to all types of cybercrimes, with special focus on crimes against women and children,” the MoS said in his reply.
The Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS), under I4C, was launched in 2021 for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by fraudsters. As per CFCFRMS, operated by I4C, over Rs 5,489 crore has been saved in more than 17.82 lakh complaints so far, Bandi stated.
The 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 states and UTs work together for immediate action and seamless cooperation to tackle cybercrime.
MHA has also provided financial assistance under the Cyber Crime Prevention Against Women and Children (CCPWC) scheme to states and UTs for capacity building. Cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories have trained 24,600 law enforcement personnel, judicial officers and prosecutors, the reply noted.
A state-of-the-art National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Investigation) has been set up and has provided services in around 12,460 cybercrime cases so far. The Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform, namely CyTrain portal, has trained over 1,05,796 police officers from states and UTs.The module Pratibimb, which maps locations of criminals and crime infrastructure, has led to the arrest of 10,599 accused, 26,096 linkages, and 63,019 cyber investigation assistance requests.
