{"id":173287,"date":"2025-06-14T13:36:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T08:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=173287"},"modified":"2025-06-14T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T08:06:46","slug":"centre-launches-e-zero-fir-to-fast-track-cybercrime-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/centre-launches-e-zero-fir-to-fast-track-cybercrime-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre Launches e-Zero FIR to Fast-Track Cybercrime Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ministry of Home Affairs has rolled out a digital solution named e-Zero FIR under its I4C platform to fast-track the registration of high-value cyber financial crime complaints.<br>Launched by Amit Shah in Delhi as a pilot on May 20, 2025, the system auto-generates Zero FIRs for complaints exceeding \u20b910 lakh reported via NCRP or helpline 1930.<br>This initiative is designed to speed up investigations and tackle cyber frauds effectively, forming a core part of India\u2019s evolving cybersecurity strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aim &amp; Objectives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong>\u00a0To ensure faster registration and investigation of cyber financial crimes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong>\u00a0Streamline the process of converting high-value cyber fraud complaints into FIRs to catch cybercriminals quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>With a rapid increase in online financial frauds, the government saw a pressing need to accelerate the FIR registration process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditionally, complaints lodged via the NCRP or helpline took time to be converted into FIRs due to multiple verification steps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The e-Zero FIR system will,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Automatically register Zero FIRs for financial cybercrime complaints above \u20b910 lakh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Accept complaints through,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (www.cybercrime.gov.in)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helpline number 1930<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Route the Zero FIRs to the concerned cyber crime police stations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Require complainants to visit the cybercrime PS within 3 days to convert Zero FIR into a regular FIR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Home Affairs has rolled out a digital solution named e-Zero FIR under its I4C platform to fast-track the registration of high-value cyber financial crime complaints.Launched by Amit Shah in Delhi as a pilot on May 20, 2025, the system auto-generates Zero FIRs for complaints exceeding \u20b910 lakh reported via NCRP or helpline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":173295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5372],"tags":[1182,4916],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-173287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-may-2025","tag-ministry-of-home-affairs","tag-national-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173296,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173287\/revisions\/173296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173287"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=173287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}