Find Cyber Hotspots and maintain a Profile of Cyber Crimes
According to a parliamentary panel, the Union Home Ministry should encourage state governments to identify cyber hotspots in their states and keep a data profile on cyber crimes committed in those hotspots.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, chaired by BJP MP Brijlal, stated that despite the country's surge in Internet connectivity, a sizable population in various states and union territories may have very limited access to it for a variety of reasons.
According to the committee's recommendation, which was given to Parliament on Friday, the ministry should encourage state governments to identify cyber hotspots in their states and to keep records of the crimes committed there as well as the steps taken to stop them.
The panel suggested that the "Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)" collect this information and share it with other states so that they can develop their own policies to combat these kinds of cybercrimes.
The committee consequently advised the police force to implement a number of strategies, including regularly announcing its accomplishments in meetings of community, village, and district-level committees to increase the interaction between the police and the general public, organising awareness weeks and Jan Sabhas, among others. Developing and instilling high professional and ethical standards, as well as attitude and social skills in the workforce, should be the focus of a national capacity-building programme, it was stated.
The committee took notice of requests made to states and union territories to install IP cameras in key spots across all police stations and to periodically audit all CCTVs already in place.
The committee further notes that the Ministry of Law and Justice has been contacted for advice about the installation of CCTVs at district courts in states and union territories. The panel stated that it would like to know the status of the actions taken in this subject by the states and Union Territories.
