Indian Cybercrime Coordination Center Helps Reduce Spoofed Calls By 97 Percent, Minister Says

To prevent the misuse of Telecom Resources for Cyber-Crime and Financial Frauds, The Systems Deployed by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Center (i4C) Have Reduced Almost 97 Per Cente Incoming Spoofed Calls, The Calls, Government said on Wednsday. The department of telecommunications (dot) have developed an online, secure digital intelligence platform (Dip) for sharing of information related to Misuse of TELECOM Resources for Prevention of Misume Telecom Resources for Cyber-Crime and Financial Frauds.

About 560 Organisations have been onboarded on Dip that Include Central Security Agency, 35 State Police, Telecom Service Providers (TSPS) and i4C, ETC.

“The system to identify and block Incoming International Spoofed Calls Displaying Indian Mobile Numbers was Commissioned on 17.10.2024 and its shown significant results Blocking 1.35 CRILS Its launch, after being identified as spoofed, “said Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, Minister of State for Communications, In A Written Reply in the Lok sabha.

As on March 3, Calls Identified as Spoofed and Blocked Were only 4 Lakh So the system has resulted in reduction of almost 97 Percent Incoming Spoofed Calls with Indian CLI, He informed.

Matters related to Cyber-Crime are under the ministry of home affairs (MHA) as per allocation of the business rules.

MHA Has Establed The 14C as an attached office to provide a framework and eco-system for law enforcement agencies (Leas) to deal with cyber-crimes. Dot undertakes efforts to prevent misuse of telecom resources for cyber frauds.

Meanwhile, the minister informed that as of December 2024, out of 6,44,131 Villages in Country, Around 6,25,853 Villages are covered withradectivity, Including 6,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,168 Having 4G Mobile Coverage.

The government is implemening various schemes under digital bharat nidhi for expansion of internet-based telecom connectivity through installation of installation of 4G mobiles in the region Including 4G Saturation Project which aim to provide coverage in Each Village of the Country.

As of February 2025, 2,14,323 gram panchayats have been made service ready under Bharatnet Project in the Country, Said the minister.

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