Central Suspect Registry

17.01.2025

Central Suspect Registry

Why in the news?   

             Since the launch of the online ‘Central suspect registry’,the Centre has declined six lakh fraudulent transactions and saved Rs 1,800 crore.

About Central Suspect Registry:

• It is an initiative to strengthen cyber fraud risk management by creating a registry of identifiers.
• It was created based on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP).
• It contains data of 1.4 million cybercriminals linked to financial fraud and various cyber-crimes.
• It has been developed by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), and can be accessed by states and UTs as well as central investigation and intelligence agencies.
• The registry was developed with collaboration from the banks/financial institutions and using it as a central-level database with consolidated data on cybercrime suspects.

What is the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)?

• It has been established under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to deal with cybercrime in the country in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
• It focuses on tackling issues related to cybercrime for citizens, including improving coordination between various LEAs and stakeholders.
• The centre is located in New Delhi.

Functions of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre :

• It acts as a nodal point in the fight against cybercrime.
• It identifies the research problems and needs of LEAs and takes up R&D activities in developing new technologies and forensic tools in collaboration with academia / research institutes within India and abroad.
• It prevents misuse of cyberspace for furthering the cause of extremist and terrorist groups.

                                                                  Source: Indian Express

Consider the following statements regarding the Central Suspect Registry:

Statement-I:It is created based on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal to strengthen fraud risk management.

Statement-II:It is developed by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

A.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I.

B.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I.

C.Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect.

D.Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct.

Answer C