GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1397 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2nd DECEMBER, 2014/AGRAHAYANA 11, 1936 (SAKA) CYBER CRIMES 1397. SHRI NINONG ERING: Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) whether cyber crimes are on the increase in the country; (b) if so, whether the Government proposes to bring a new law to curb this crime and give more facilities to police and investigation agencies; and (c) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY) (a) to (c): Yes Madam. The data of State/UT wise cases registered, persons arrested during the last three year under IT Act is attached at Annexure. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, the nodal Ministry overseeing the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the amended Act 2008 is monitoring the Cyber related issues and the amended Act comprehensively addresses all forms of cyber crimes and is in line with the similar Acts enacted in other countries. Government has undertaken measures to intensively train the police and judicial officers in the area of investigation of cyber crimes and digital evidence. Cyber crime cells have been set up in various States of the country. The training and investigation labs have also been set up in various parts of the country including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), State Governments and Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY) are working together to train police officers in the area of cyber crime investigation and digital evidence to effectively address the issues of cyber crimes. ***** Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of LSUSQ No. 1397 regarding ‘Cyber Crimes’ due for answer on 02-12-2014 Annexure State/UT wise Cases Registered(CR) and Persons Arrested(PAR) under IT Act and related section of IPC under Cyber Crime during 2011-2013 2011 2012 2013 Sl. STATE/UT No. IT Act IT Act IT Act CR PAR CR PAR CR PAR 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 349 242 429 170 635 296 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 13 7 12 6 10 5 3 ASSAM 31 6 28 5 154 2 4 BIHAR 25 6 23 17 23 22 5 CHHATTISGARH 2 2 49 31 91 35 6 GOA 16 4 30 10 57 10 7 GUJARAT 52 36 68 72 61 51 8 HARYANA 42 15 66 25 112 58 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 12 5 20 25 24 13 10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 14 3 35 17 46 16 11 JHARKHAND 8 9 10 8 13 7 12 KARNATAKA 151 34 412 66 513 94 13 KERALA 227 135 269 151 349 151 14 MADHYA PRADESH 90 97 142 152 282 165 15 MAHARASHTRA 306 226 471 324 681 426 16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 MEGHALAYA 6 3 6 0 17 0 18 MIZORAM 3 1 0 0 0 0 19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 ODISHA 7 1 14 1 65 41 21 PUNJAB 59 38 72 86 146 123 22 RAJASTHAN 122 110 147 90 239 135 23 SIKKIM 3 1 0 0 0 0 24 TAMIL NADU 37 43 39 33 54 43 25 TRIPURA 0 0 14 10 14 13 26 UTTAR PRADESH 101 123 205 112 372 283 27 UTTARAKHAND 6 3 4 2 23 3 28 WEST BENGAL 43 11 196 73 210 58 TOTAL (STATES) 1725 1161 2761 1486 4192 2050 29 A&N ISLANDS 0 0 2 0 18 3 30 CHANDIGARH 10 5 33 5 9 7 31 D&N HAVELI 3 1 0 0 0 0 32 DAMAN & DIU 1 1 0 0 1 2 33 DELHI 50 15 76 27 131 34 34 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 PUDUCHERRY 2 1 4 4 5 2 TOTAL (UTS) 66 23 115 36 164 48 TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1791 1184 2876 1522 4356 2098 Source : Crime in India ***** .