The Challenge of Cyber Crime in India: The Role of Government

Dr. Atul Bamrara

Abstract
Nascent personal computers, high-bandwidth wireless networking technologies and the
pervasive use of the internet have transformed the style of performing business. The IT
infrastructure provides transmission and storage of gigantic amounts of critical information
used in each domain of society and it enables government agencies to speedily interact with
each other as well as with industry, citizens, state, local governments and across international
boundaries. The paper focuses on an assortment of concerns related to cyber crime and the
role of Government to combat the issue. Further findings draw attention to array of cyber
crime which is not covered in the ITAct.

Keywords: Cyber Law, Data Diddling, Cyber Squatting, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Cyber
Stalking