The deadline for implementation of an ambitious online
system, which will help in police verification for issuing passport, among
others, was today extended till March 2017 by the government. The Cabinet
Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
has approved the proposal of the Union Home Ministry to extend the deadline for
implementation of Crime and Criminals Tracking network and Systems (CCTNS)
project, sources said. CCEA also approved additional five years phase for
operation and maintenance of the CCTNS up to March 2022.
Facts about CCTNS Project It is an ambitious online system
and central citizen portal that will link all state-level citizen websites
under single platform which will provide a number of citizen friendly services.
The services will include reporting a crime, police verification for passports,
linkages with UIDAI, transport database and National Population Register.
Linking of Police stations: All police stations across the country will be
connected with each other in order to exchange information on a need basis.
National-level crime analytics: It can be performed on real
time basis which will help law makers and policy makers in taking appropriate
and timely action.
Streamline the
criminal justice system: By computerising the functioning of police stations,
prosecution directorates, prisons and forensic laboratories.
It was sanctioned with the objective of interconnecting
about 15,000 police stations and additional 5,000 offices of supervisory police
officers across the country. It also aimed at digitisation of data related to
investigation, FIRs registration and charge sheets in all police stations with
each other.
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