India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. Accordingly, the States and Union Territories (UTs) are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of cybercrime. The Central Government, through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), supplements the efforts of States and UTs by providing policy guidance, technological support, capacity-building assistance, and financial resources to strengthen cybercrime management and enforcement capabilities.
To strengthen the mechanism to deal with cyber crimes including AI-enabled cyber crimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner and to strengthen cyber resilience, the Central Government has taken steps which, inter-alia, include the following:
threats, cyber espionage, misuse of emerging technologies and similar concerns against national security.
services and provide remedial measures to organisations across States and sectors.
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a written reply to a question in the the Rajya Sabha.
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