Lok Sabha Question No. 201 (STARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: FAIZAL P.P. MOHAMMED, NINONG ERING

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *201

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JANUARY, 2018/ PAUSHA 12, 1939 (SAKA)

CRIME AND CRIMINAL TRACKING NETWORK AND SYSTEMS

*201. MOHAMMED FAIZAL: SHRI NINONG ERING:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project in the country;
- (b)  whether  the  establishment  of  CCTNS  has  been  helpful  in  addressing  the issues such as extortion, kidnapping, drug and substance abuse in the NorthEastern region;
- (c) if so, the details of the data of the last three years, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to extend the CCTNS project for one year, if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e) the details of budgetary allocation and directives issued for better implementation of the project?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (e) :

A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

Statement referred to in regard to the reply to the Lok Sabha Starred Question Number *201 by Shri.  Mohammed Faizal and Shri. Ninong Ering regarding Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & System for reply on 02.01.2018.

(a): The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) Project is under  implementation  in  all  States/UTs.  15023  Police  Stations  out  of  15580 Police Stations under the project are using CCTNS Core Application Software for the purpose of entering crime and criminal data and transmitting the data to the State Data Center and finally to the National Data Center. Secured data connectivity is available at 14363 Police Stations.

The central Digital Police Portal has been launched in August 2017. The portal  has  the  facility  for  national  level  search  on  crime  and  criminal  data, crime report generation and facility for the citizens for reporting a crime and seeking  police  verification.  35  States/UTs  have  launched  their  State  Citizen Police  Portal  for  delivering  citizen  centric  police  services  such  as  online registering  and  tracking  of  complaints,  reporting  and  search  for  missing persons,  lost  property  including  vehicles,  employee  verification,  antecedent verification etc.

(b) & (c):   Yes, Madam. The CCTNS ecosystem has been very helpful for the investigating  officers  for  solving  criminal  cases.  The  access  to  the  CCTNS Database is available with the State and Central police/ investigating officers. However,  it  is  difficult  to  attribute  crime  solutions  in  case  of  extortion, kidnapping, drug and substance abuse solely to the CCTNS system only in any part of the country including North-Eastern States.

## R.S.S.Q NO.*201 FOR 02.01.2018

(d): Government has extended the implementation of the project by one year beyond 31 st  March 2017 up to March 2018. The Operation & Maintenance phase of the project is valid up to March 2022. (e): The  approved  budgetary  allocation  of  the  project  has  been  kept  at  Rs. 2000 Crore as approved originally. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA)  have  been  issuing  advisories/directives  from time to time to the State/UTs in regard to data digitization & migration, fund utilization,  connectivity,  functioning  of  disaster  recovery  centers  etc.  for successful implementation of the project.

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