The Centre has said that various preventive measures are being taken to deal with cybercrimes that particularly affect children. In a reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Home Ministry provided financial assistance to States and union territories under the Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children scheme for capacity building.
 
He said cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories have been commissioned in 30 States and union territories so far. Mr. Vaishnaw said the government blocked websites from time to time containing child sexual abuse material. He added the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is implementing the second phase of the Information Security Education and Awareness project to build capacities in the area of information security, and train government personnel.