Union Home Ministry is planning to set up an apex coordination centre to deal with cyber crimes such as financial frauds, circulation of communal and pornographic contents. <br/><br/>The ministry has also asked states to establish a similar mechanism in every district. <br/><br/>Home Ministry told PTI, that it has released 83 crore rupees for setting up of a cyber forensic training laboratory-cum-training centre for police officials in each state. <br/><br/>The funds were given to the Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children Scheme.<br/><br/>The ministry said it would coordinate with state governments and union territories, and closely monitor the cyber space and social media with due emphasis on vernacular content. <br/><br/>The centre would also block those websites which flout India's laws and circulate child porn, and communally and racially sensitive content. <br/><br/>State governments have also been asked to set up a state cybercrime coordination cell at the headquarter-level and also establish district cyber crime cells. <br/><br/>The ministry has already created a new wing Cyber and Information Security Division to deal with the new-age challenge.<br/><br/>The move came in the wake of 1 lakh 44 thousand 496 cyber security attacks observed in the country during 2014-16.

Union Home Ministry is planning to set up an apex coordination centre to deal with cyber crimes such as financial frauds, circulation of communal and pornographic contents. <br/><br/>The ministry has also asked states to establish a similar mechanism in every district. <br/><br/>Home Ministry told PTI, that it has released 83 crore rupees for setting up of a cyber forensic training laboratory-cum-training centre for police officials in each state. <br/><br/>The funds were given to the Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children Scheme.<br/><br/>The ministry said it would coordinate with state governments and union territories, and closely monitor the cyber space and social media with due emphasis on vernacular content. <br/><br/>The centre would also block those websites which flout India's laws and circulate child porn, and communally and racially sensitive content. <br/><br/>State governments have also been asked to set up a state cybercrime coordination cell at the headquarter-level and also establish district cyber crime cells. <br/><br/>The ministry has already created a new wing Cyber and Information Security Division to deal with the new-age challenge.<br/><br/>The move came in the wake of 1 lakh 44 thousand 496 cyber security attacks observed in the country during 2014-16.