Home Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated the state-of-the-art Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal through which people can report cybercrimes online.

A home ministry statement said the portal will let all cybercrime related complaints be accessed by law enforcement agencies in states and Union territories to take action.

So far, more than 700 police districts and more than 3,900 police stations have been connected to the portal (cybercrime.gov.in) which is a citizen-centric initiative that will let people report cybercrimes online.

Fight against cybercrimes

The Centre has taken several steps to spread awareness about cybercrimes, issue of alerts / advisories, capacity building / training of law enforcement personnel / prosecutors / judicial officers and improving cyber forensics facilities to prevent such crimes and to speed up investigation.

The scheme to set up I4C was approved in October 2018 at an estimated cost of Rs 415.86 crore to deal with all types of cybercrimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner.

It has seven components…

National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit

National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal

National Cyber Crime Training Centre

Cyber Crime Ecosystem Management Unit

National Cyber Crime Research and Innovation Centre

National Cyber Crime Forensic Laboratory Ecosystem

Platform for Joint Cyber Crime Investigation Team

At the initiative of the home ministry, 15 states and UTs have given their consent to set up a Regional Cyber Crime Coordination Centre.

National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal

The portal was launched on a pilot basis on August 30, 2019, and it enables filing of all cybercrimes with specific focus on crimes against women, children, particularly child pornography, child sex abuse material, online content pertaining to rapes and gang-rapes.

The portal can boost the capacity of law enforcement agencies to investigate cases and will improve the success rate of prosecutions.

It also focuses on specific crimes, especially those related to finance and social media stalking, cyber bullying, etc.

The portal will improve coordination among law enforcement agencies of different states, districts and police stations for dealing with cybercrimes in a coordinated and effective manner.

The home ministry is committed to provide and create an ecosystem for dealing with cybercrimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner, it added.

In future, this portal will feature a chatbot that will offer automated interactive assistance to the public for guidance on cybercrime prevention and how to report incidents on the portal.

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