"Cyber crime usually targets external countries and it brings money in to the local economy, so little incentive for the government to target it"
A lot of baseless speculation here considering that the Indian police regularly work with the FBI to bust up cyber-crime - and this is regularly reported. Could you please offer some evidence to support your allegations ?
From my side: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cbi-and-delhi-police-...
https://theprint.in/india/delhi-police-busts-international-c...
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cbi-operation-target...