I4C of MHA instrumental in bridging gaps, aiding state police in major crackdowns

New Delhi, January 4

The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been instrumental in paving a path for uprooting cyber crime with its wholesome technique of coordination between state and Centre and aiding police across the country in finding cyber criminals and tracking the cybercrime network. 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) in January 2020 to deal with cybercrime in the country in a coordinated and comprehensive manner with an outlay of Rs. 340 crore. 

The I4C has been working towards enhancing the nation’s collective capability to tackle cybercrime and develop effective coordination among the Law Enforcement Agencies and stakeholders, driving change in India's overall capability to tackle cybercrime. A citizen-centric National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) was launched in 2019, which is one of the most significant achievements of I4C.

The portal has been used for more than 14 crore times till date, which shows its credibility and usefulness. More than 31 lakh cybercrime complaints have been reported by citizens and more than 66,000 FIRs have been registered by LEAs of States/UT so far.

Through Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS), 99.9% Police Stations (16,597) are registering 100% FIRs directly and 28.98 crore Police records have been registered. More than 12.30 crore requests have been disposed of by the State Police, out of 12.82 crore service requests received from citizens. FIRs in NCRP are reflected through CCTNS.

The National Automated Finger-Print Identification System (NAFIS) of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revolutionized the fingerprint recognition system in crime control, with this system, the work of tracing the involvement of interstate criminals in crimes is being done with greater ease, accuracy and efficiency across the country. 1,05,80,266 records are being integrated on NAFIS. This system will help I4C in interstate linkage of cyber criminals.

The National Cybercrime Helpline number 1930, is helping the common citizen in registering online financial frauds. All States/UTs have been on boarded and more than 263 banks, e-commerce companies and others have been integrated. With the help of this system, more than Rs 1,100 crore of citizen’s money which was siphoned off by cyber criminals have been saved, thus, benefitting more than 4.3 lakh victims in 3 years through CFCFRMS module. 

This system is integrated with NPCI for real time prevention. We will be on boarding more banks through API integration. Further, Rs 12.12 crore have been released to 28 States / UTs under ‘HM’s Contingency Reserve’ for setting up the infrastructure of National Helpline no.1930 in the March, 2023. National Helpline no.1930 receives around 50,000 calls every day. In 2023, using this CFCFRMS module, 12.32 % of total fraudulent amount was lien marked against 6.73 % in 2021, this shows the impact of National Helpline number 1930 and CFCFRMS module.

I4C is also instrumental in blocking of more than 2,95,000 fake SIM cards, more than 46,000 IMEI, more than 2800 websites/URLs, 595 Mobile Applications through its module JCCT Management Information System (JMIS) (Beta version).

Interestingly, (I4C) and Joint Cybercrime Coordination Teams (JCCT) Jamtara, Jharkhand has launched ‘Pratibimb’ platform which not only aggregates data but also employs geospatial mapping to pinpoint the physical locations of mobile numbers associated with cybercrimes. 

This innovative web platform is set to redefine the way Law Enforcement Agencies tackle online criminal activities, offering a powerful new tool in the ongoing battle against digital threats. Over 400 arrests have been made in last one month by Jharkhand Police. There are concrete evidences of decline in offences committed from this area. This model will be expanded nationally to eliminate hotspots, officials mentioned. 

The I4C has also prepared an analytical report on modus operandi of top 50 cyber-attacks have been prepared. 

in addition to that it runs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform, namely ‘CyTrain’ was launched for capacity building of Police officers by I4C, MHA under its vertical i.e. National Cybercrime Training Centre (NCTC). More than 52,000 Certificates have been issued to Police officials after successful completion of training. Further, over 1,15,000 Government officials have successfully completed “Stay Safe in Cyber Space” course on IGOT Karmayogi platform.N

The National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) has been established for investigation purposes at Delhi. Assistance in investigation have provided in more than 9000 cyber and digital forensic cases to States/UTs and Central Law Enforcement Agencies.

Under Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme, Rs. 122.24 crore have been released to States/UTs for establishing Cyber Forensic cum Training Lab, Training LEAs and Judicial officials and Hiring of Jr Cyber Forensic Consultants for a better setup in countering cyber crime.