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Amit Shah Appeals To Raise Awareness Against Cyber Crime

By LokMarg

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed cyber security infrastructure and functioning of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) here in the national capital, and appealed to spread awareness to curb the menace of cybercrime.

Announcing that the “analytical report on modus operandi of top 50 cyber-attacks has been prepared”, the Home Minister, while interacting with the media persons after the review, said the Ministry of Home Affairs is making comprehensive, integrated and all-out efforts to create awareness among masses about various aspects of cyber security and cybercrime.

Shah said that I4C is organizing Cyber Jagarukta Diwas on the first Wednesday of every month and that the I4C is reaching out to all the states in the country to play an active and pivotal role in this initiative and help promote cyber hygiene.

The Home Minister urged the media to join hands with the Union Home Ministry in spreading awareness about all the initiatives taken by it in curbing the menace of cybercrime.

Shah said more than 20 lakh cyber crime complaints have been registered on the cybercrime portal so far. “On this basis, more than 40,000 FIRs have been registered. In addition to that more than 13 crore hits registered on this portal since its launch in January 2020,” said the Minister.

He also said that 99.99 per cent of police stations (16,597) in the country have been connected with CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems) and they are now registering 100 per cent of First Information Reports directly on CCTNS.

As per statistics of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the CCTNS national database so far contains 28.98 crore police records.

“On CCTNS, more than 12.82 crore service requests have been received from citizens, out of which 12.35 crore requests have been disposed of by the state police,” the Minister further mentioned.

Shah also stressed the importance of the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) App having a database of over 1 crore fingerprints, which is being extensively used by law enforcement agencies.

Shah said 1,05, 80, and 266 records are being integrated on NAFIS.

In view of the cyber financial fraud, on the helpline number ‘1930’, Shah said, over 250 banks and financial intermediaries are onboarded and resulting in the recovery of over Rs 235 crore embezzled by cybercriminals from over 1.33 lakh people so far.

The Minister further said more than 5,000 forensic services have been provided to the states so far through National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Investigation).

He also said training on Cyber Crime awareness, investigation, and forensics has been provided to 30,000 police personnel, judicial officers, and prosecutors.

Under the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform ‘CyTrain’, the Minister further stated more than 31,000 police officers have been registered and more than 8,000 certificates have been issued.

He also mentioned that more than 500 apps have been blocked on I4C’s recommendation due to security reasons. (ANI)

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Amit At IB Meeting

Amit Shah Reviews India’s Internal Security At IB Meeting

By LokMarg

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday reviewed India’s internal security situation in a high-level meeting of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers from across the country here in the national capital and stressed the need to further strengthen the process of information sharing and enhancing liaison between counter-terrorism and anti-drug agencies of the states.

Chairing the meeting, Home Minister batted for specific steps “to control Left Wing Extremism or Naxalism by dismantling its financial and logistical support system”.

He further emphasized the need to make the country’s coastal security “impenetrable” and suggested keeping a close eye on even the smallest and most isolated port for this.

The Home Minister also directed to focus on complete destruction of narcotics, and the maximum use of anti-drone technology to stop cross-border drug smuggling.

“Narcotics not only ruins the youth of the country but the money earned from it also affects the internal security of the country, that is why we have to work together for its complete destruction. We have to make maximum use of anti-drone technology to stop the smuggling of drugs from across the border through drones,” Shah said while addressing the meeting.

Shah made it clear that the union government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to ensuring the security of the nation by strengthening all aspects of security and in the last eight years, many important steps have been taken to strengthen the internal security of the country.

Noting that the Intelligence Bureau has made a very important contribution to maintaining peace in the country since its Independence, anonymously without any expectations, Shah pointed “our fight is against terrorism as well as its support system and victory over it cannot be achieved till we do not fight strictly against both of them”.

The meeting held extensive discussions on various issues related to national security including counter-terrorism, threat from extremism, cybersecurity-related issues, border-related aspects and threats from cross-border elements to the integrity and stability of the Nation.

This was part of the series of meetings that Shah has been regularly holding with officials of security agencies and the police from across the country as the Union Home Minister.

The meeting started at 11 am at a secret and highly secured location in the city and concluded at 5 pm with the final address of the Home Minister.

The meeting was also attended by other senior officers across the country concerned with intelligence-related issues. Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and IB chief Tapan Deka were also among the topmost officers who attended the meeting.

The meeting was held days after the Home Minister recently held a Chintan Shivir in Haryana with Home Ministers. (ANI)

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