Steps Taken By Indian Government And National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB):

• In its magazine “Crime in India“, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) collects and broadcasts statistical information on crimes. The 2020 report is the most recent to be made public. A total of 305 and 1102 cases of cybercrime against children were reported in 2019 and 2020.  

• The Government has advised the Law Enforcing Agencies take necessary steps to stop the problem and ensure the safety and security of women and young children using online platforms

• The Ministry of Education was asked to give the necessary instruction to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for including appropriate cyber safety content in the school curriculum of children and

• Advised the State Governments to do the same through their School Boards to empower children in navigating the online world with proper security.

Measures And Initiatives Taken Against Cybercrime:

1. The Information Technology (IT) Act,2000 Section  67B imposes severe penalties for publishing, transferring, or accessing internet content containing child sexual abuse.
2. According to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, users of intermediaries are given more control over their safety, and social media platforms are held responsible. These rules mandate the intermediaries adopt a strong grievance redressal procedure, including the timely resolution of the grievance. The intermediaries must notify people of their terms and conditions, which must include a warning not to host, display, upload, change, publish, transmit, update, or share any information that is, among other things, harmful, defamatory, obscene, invades another’s privacy, harms children in any way, or is otherwise illegal.
3. To give LEAs structure and ecosystem for fighting cybercrimes in a thorough and coordinated manner, the government established the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (14C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
4. On August 18, 2017, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released school rules about using the internet safely and securely. This circular instructs schools to create comprehensive security policies and install efficient firewalls, filtering, and monitoring software mechanisms on every computer.
5. As an aspect of the project, a National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (www.cybercrime.gov.in) has been established to help the public to report instances of cybercrime, with a particular emphasis on cybercrime against children and women.
6.  MHA has taken several actions to raise awareness of Cybercrime, including distributing messages via the Twitter account @cyberdost, radio campaigns, and publishing a Handbook for Adolescents/Students.
7. The Department has asked all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) of Telecommunications to put in place the necessary measures to inform their users about the usage of parental control filters in end-user computers through emails, bills, SMS, Websites, and other means.

Policy Of Protection Of Children From Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO):

Effective measures to stop child abuse are included in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act. The Act mandates reporting, including kid-friendly tools for capturing testimony and evidence, and ensures that cases are heard fast. It provides a strict legal framework for protecting children from sexual offenses while preserving the best interests of the kid throughout the whole legal process. It includes a child-friendly system for recording evidence, conducting investigations, and expediting criminal cases via specified Special Courts. Additionally, it contains the legal framework for combating cybercrime, such as child pornography, adultery, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, defamation against children, sexual harassment, grooming, hacking, identity theft, child trafficking online, online extortion, and violation of privacy.