Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated on February 28, 2025, that Maharashtra had established a “cyber corporation” to combat digital fraud and that two other states had also provided a comparable service.

The Navi Mumbai facility will serve as the state’s cybercrime headquarters. “I envision a time when cybercrime would account for 70% of all crimes and street crime will make up for 20% to 30% of all crimes. He stated during the Mumbai Tech Week 2025 event that Cyber Corporation is the greatest platform in India for integrating social media handles, banks, and non-banking financial organizations (to track crimes).

“We have all the necessary licenses and the best tools in the world.” A single (helpline) number, 1945, has been acquired. Fadnavis did list the states that reached out to Maharashtra to establish a comparable facility.

Digital fraud and other cybercrimes have surged across the nation. In the Financial Year 2023-24 (FY24), there were 36,075 frauds in the banking industry, more than four times the number in the previous five years. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s annual report, frauds involving digital payments (card or internet) rose from 2,677 in FY20 to 29,082 in FY24.

Startups leaving Maharashtra

Fadnavis said the state did not create sufficient infrastructure Maharashtra in Mumbai between 2009 and 2014, leading to a high cost of living and start-ups moving to cities like Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

“The IT-enabled industry could no longer afford to remain in Mumbai.” Our ineffective work caused the IT (information technology) revolution to spread to several cities. However, we began addressing that after 2014.

The state would build a start-up incubator dubbed M-Hub, according to Fadnavis, who was first appointed chief minister in 2014 and is currently serving his second term after a hiatus. In Navi Mumbai, we intend to develop a large amount of plug-and-play space. It will be similar to Hyderabad and Bengaluru.