The Centre has told the Rajya Sabha that coordinated technological and capacity-building measures have strengthened India’s response to AI-enabled cybercrime and other digital threats, and that the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS) has helped recover or protect more than ₹11,158 crore from reported financial frauds as of June 30, 2026.
Central mechanisms and state role
In a written reply, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, said the central architecture for combating cybercrime is led by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), CERT-In and related platforms, while States and Union Territories retain primary responsibility for policing and enforcement. The Centre provides technological support, policy guidance and capacity building.
The government highlighted several national-level instruments for citizens and law-enforcement agencies, including the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) for reporting offences and a dedicated helpline for cyber financial frauds. The 1930 helpline remains available for citizens to report cyber financial fraud, the reply said.
Measures, training and operational units
The MHA outlined a range of measures and specialised capabilities intended to detect, disrupt and investigate cyber-enabled offences, including those leveraging artificial intelligence. Key elements listed in the reply include:
- CFCFRMS for immediate assistance in financial fraud cases;
- Cyber Commando programme to build specialist rapid-response teams;
- CyTrain to upskill police and judicial officers in cyber investigation techniques;
- Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre for operational mitigation of ongoing financial frauds;
- Suspect Registry to block or decline suspicious transactions;
- Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams to address multi-jurisdictional and hotspot cases.
The reply said that more than 1.63 lakh police and judicial officers have registered on CyTrain, and that 281 cyber commandos have completed training to date. It added that the Suspect Registry has helped decline transactions totalling ₹25,698 crore.
Case volumes and financial figures
The Ministry reported that as of June 30, 2026, the CFCFRMS had handled over 32.80 lakh complaints, and that the system’s interventions had resulted in financial savings exceeding ₹11,158 crore. The Rajya Sabha reply framed these results as part of broader efforts to use technology-driven detection and coordinated response to emerging digital threats.
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Complaints handled by CFCFRMS | 32.80 lakh |
| Estimated amount saved via CFCFRMS | ₹11,158 crore |
| Transactions declined via Suspect Registry | ₹25,698 crore |
| Police & judicial officers on CyTrain | 1.63 lakh |
| Cyber commandos trained | 281 |
The Ministry framed these outcomes within a cooperative model: central agencies provide the technology, intelligence sharing and specialised teams, while State police take the lead on investigation and prosecution. The written reply reiterated that enforcement of law and order, including cybercrime investigations, is primarily a State subject.
Operational implications and challenges
The MHA statement points to a growing emphasis on automated and AI-enabled tools for threat detection, mitigation and tracing of funds in financial frauds. The expansion of trained personnel and joint coordination teams aims to strengthen responses to multi-jurisdictional and complex cyber incidents.
At the same time, the central reply underscores the continuing need for interoperability between national platforms and State police systems, and for sustained training to keep pace with evolving techniques used by fraudsters, especially those exploiting artificial intelligence.
As digital transactions and AI-powered tools proliferate, government disclosures to Parliament signal both an intensification of centralised technical capabilities and reliance on cooperative mechanisms to translate technology into on-the-ground enforcement outcomes.
