Ministry of Electronics & IT
Government Strengthens Cyber Security Capacity of Women Officials through CyberShakti Programme
प्रविष्टि तिथि:
12 AUG 2026 1:37PM by PIB Delhi
The Government has taken note of the recommendation of the 2026 Standing Committee Report on the Empowerment of Women to scale up the CyberShakti programme. The programme was approved for a period of two years starting from October 2024 with the objective of enhancing cyber security awareness and strengthening cyber security skills among women government officials. The second phase of the project is recommended by the working group on Cyber Security in May 2026.
A total of 978 women government officials including women police officers, cyber cell personnel and women officials dealing with victims of cybercrimes have been trained under the CyberShakti programme since its inception in 2024 through 2-week Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) mode online training programme and one-week offline residential training programme. The State/UT-wise details of women government officials trained under the CyberShakti programme since its inception in 2024:
|
S. No.
|
State
|
No. of Women Official Trained
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
12
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
11
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
11
|
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
6
|
|
5
|
Goa
|
7
|
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
81
|
|
7
|
Haryana
|
42
|
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
30
|
|
9
|
Jharkhand
|
11
|
|
10
|
Karnataka
|
73
|
|
11
|
Kerala
|
36
|
|
12
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
15
|
|
13
|
Maharashtra
|
53
|
|
14
|
Manipur
|
5
|
|
15
|
Meghalaya
|
16
|
|
16
|
Mizoram
|
2
|
|
17
|
Nagaland
|
1
|
|
18
|
Odisha
|
32
|
|
19
|
Punjab
|
12
|
|
20
|
Rajasthan
|
29
|
|
21
|
Sikkim
|
1
|
|
22
|
Tamil Nadu
|
64
|
|
23
|
Telangana
|
28
|
|
24
|
Tripura
|
19
|
|
25
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
45
|
|
26
|
Uttarakhand
|
32
|
|
27
|
West Bengal
|
20
|
|
Total
|
694
|
|
S. No.
|
Union Territory (UT)
|
No. of Women Official Trained
|
|
1
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
1
|
|
2
|
Chandigarh
|
7
|
|
3
|
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
|
2
|
|
4
|
Delhi
|
249
|
|
5
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
5
|
|
6
|
Ladakh
|
12
|
|
7
|
Lakshadweep
|
1
|
|
8
|
Puducherry
|
7
|
|
Total
|
284
|
In addition to the training programmes, a total of 573 women participants have attended webinars aimed at sensitizing them toward the importance of cyber security.
This information was submitted by Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Shri Jitin Prasada in Rajya Sabha on 07.08.2026.
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