Minister of State for Home Affairs launched Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre
Minister of State for Home Affairs launched Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) for the period 2018-2020 to combat cyber crime in the country, in a coordinated and effective manner. The scheme has following seven components:
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(i) National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit.
(ii) National Cybercrime Reporting Portal.
(iii) Platform for Joint Cybercrime Investigation Team.
(iv) National Cybercrime Forensic Laboratory Ecosystem.
(v) National Cybercrime Training Centre.
(vi) Cybercrime Ecosystem Management Unit.
(vii) National Cyber Research and Innovation Centre.
The Central Government has launched Cybercrime Reporting Portal to enable citizens to report online content pertaining to Child Pornography (CP)/ Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) or sexually explicit content such as Rape/Gang Rape (CP/RGR).
The Central Government has taken steps to spread awareness on cyber crime, issue cyber related alerts/ advisories, capacity building/ training of law enforcement officers/ judges/ prosecutors, improving cyber forensics facilities etc. to prevent cyber crime and expedite investigations.
Police’ and ‘Public order’ are State subjects as per the Constitution of India. States/UTs are primarily responsible for prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes through their law enforcement machinery. The Law Enforcement Agencies take legal action as per provisions of the law against the reported cyber crimes.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha
About Minister of State for Home Affairs:
The Ministry of Home Affairs or Home Ministry is a ministry of the Government of India. As the interior ministry of India, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy. The Home Ministry is headed by Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah.
Ministry executive: Rajiv Gauba, IAS, Home Secretary
Jurisdiction: India
Founded: 15 August 1947
Headquarters: New Delhi
Departments: Intelligence Bureau, National Investigation Agency etc.
Officeholders: Rajnath Singh (Minister), Amit Shah (Minister)etc.