With the speedy rise in cybercrime, together with digital arrests, the Finance Ministry has included the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) within the checklist of companies with which the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is permitted to share data beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act.
I4C, which features beneath the Residence Ministry, addresses cybercrime in a coordinated and complete method. Will probably be the twenty seventh entity authorised for information sharing beneath Part 66 of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act, 2002. Different entities embrace SEBI, RBI, CCI, SFIO, GST Council and others.
Part 66 offers with the disclosure of knowledge and empowers the pinnacle of the ED to share data to provoke motion for contravention of assorted legal guidelines.
I4C acts as a nodal level to curb cybercrime within the nation. It really works to strengthen efforts in opposition to cybercrimes dedicated in opposition to girls and kids. It facilitates simple submitting of cybercrime-related complaints and helps establish cybercrime traits and patterns.
I4C additionally acts as an early warning system for legislation enforcement companies to allow proactive cybercrime prevention and detection. It promotes public consciousness about stopping cybercrimes and assists States/UTs in constructing the capability of law enforcement officials, public prosecutors, and judicial officers in areas resembling cyber forensics, investigation, cyber hygiene, and cyber-criminology.
Whereas the States/UTs are primarily chargeable for the prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes, together with cybercrime and digital arrest scams, by means of their legislation enforcement companies (LEAs), the Central authorities helps these efforts by means of advisories and monetary help beneath numerous capacity-building schemes for LEAs.
The difficulty of digital arrest scams gained additional significance when Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed it in his month-to-month radio broadcast final October.
So far, there isn’t a complete information on digital arrest scams; nonetheless, a nationwide marketing campaign has been initiated. In collaboration with the Division of Telecommunications (DoT), I4C has launched a caller tune marketing campaign to lift consciousness about cybercrime and promote the Cyber Crime Helpline Quantity 1930 and the Nationwide Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP). The caller tune is being broadcast in regional languages, delivered 7-8 occasions a day by Telecom Service Suppliers (TSPs).
I4C proactively identifies and blocks greater than 3,962 Skype IDs and 83,668 WhatsApp accounts used for digital arrests. Concurrently, the Central authorities and TSPs have developed a system to establish and block incoming worldwide spoofed calls displaying Indian cellular numbers, which seem to originate inside India. Instructions have been issued to TSPs for the blocking of such incoming worldwide spoofed calls.
In keeping with a written reply by the Minister of State within the Residence Ministry, B Sanjay Kumar, as of February 28, 2025, greater than 7.81 lakh SIM playing cards and a couple of,08,469 IMEIs, as reported by police authorities, have been blocked.
The ‘Citizen Monetary Cyber Fraud Reporting and Administration System’, beneath I4C, was launched in 2021 to allow speedy reporting of monetary frauds and stop the siphoning off of funds by fraudsters. Thus far, in line with the federal government, greater than ₹4,386 crore has been saved throughout over 1.336 million complaints. A toll-free helpline quantity, ‘1930’, has been made operational to help with lodging on-line cyber complaints.
Revealed on April 27, 2025