After Paris attack India to fast track its crime and criminal tracking network system

Close on the heels of dastardly attack on innocent civilians by terrorists in Paris, India has decided to fast track its Project on Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems and completed by  March 2017.

The decision was taken at an union cabinet on economic affairs meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.

Briefing reporters on the crucial decision Minister of State in Prime Minister Office Jitender Singh said "In light of views expressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Paris attacks the decision was taken to fast track  and complete the implementation of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems by 2017."

Condeming the Paris attack, Modi had said: “The world must speak in one voice and act in unison against terrorism, without any political considerations,” he said. “We must isolate those who support and sponsor terrorism; and, stand with those who share our values of humanism.”

Modi stressed the need of an international legal framework and said world leaders should adopt what he called a “comprehensive convention on international terrorism without any delay.” He said cooperation on intelligence and counter-terrorism between nations should increase.

CCTNS aims at creating a comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of policing through adopting of principle of e-Governance and creation of a nationwide networking infrastructure for evolution of IT-enabled-state-of-the-art tracking system around 'Investigation of crime and detection of criminals'. An allocation of Rs. 2000 crores has been made for CCTNS Project including the operational and maintenance cost till 2022.

So far more than 11,000 police station have been brought under CCTNS. Singh said the Centre hopes to network 15,000 police stations by March 2017. 

On completition of project by 2017, 5000 supervisory officers will be deployed to monitor the system.

 (CCTNS) is a plan scheme conceived in the light of experience of a non-plan scheme namely - Common Integrated Police Application (CIPA). CCTNS is a Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance

The CCTNS plas to make the police functioning citizen friendly and more transparent by automating the functioning of Police Stations, iprove delivery of citizen-centric services through effective usage of ICT, provide the investigating Officers of the Civil Police with tools, technology and information to facilitate investigation of crime and detection of criminals.

Also it is likely to improe police functioning in various other areas such as Law and Order, Traffic Management etc, facilitate interaction and sharing of Information among Police Stations, Districts, State/UT headquarters and other Police Agencies besides keeping track of the progress of Cases, including in Courts and reduce manual and redundant Records keeping.

Besides police departments, police stations and courts other who are being under CCTNS include scientific and technical organizations having databases required for providing assistance and information for investigation and other purposes e.g. Finger Print Bureaux, Forensic Labs etc.

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