State to draw up cyber security plan, allocates ₹837 crore

The state cabinet on Wednesday cleared a proposal to formulate a cyber security plan to tackle the increasing cybercrimes and sanctioned an outlay of ₹837 crore for this initiative.

Under the plan, the government will set up a call centre that will be operational round the clock, establish a command and control centre, and develop an application and a portal. Citizens can register complaints at any of these facilities, a government press release said.

An official, who refused to be named, said advanced technology would be used to collect evidence and ensure conviction and all information related to cybercrimes would be stored at a government-operated data centre.