Lok Sabha Question No. 1306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Portal for Citizens and Police
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1306

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018/ AGRAHAYANA 27, 1940 (SAKA)

PORTAL FOR CITIZENS AND POLICE

1306.     DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number and type of services offered on the Digital Police/Portal for citizens and police;
- (b)  the  number  of  police  stations  that  are  currently  part  of  the  portal, State/UTwise;
- (c) the number  of  First Information Reports  (FIRs) that  have  been generated using the portal; and
- (d)  whether the Government plans to take passport verification online on the portal and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Digital Police Portal (https://digitalpolice.gov.in/) offers the following 9

services to citizens through State portals:

- i. Filing of complaints to the concerned police station.
- ii. Obtaining the status of complaints.
- iii. Obtaining the copies of FIR.
- iv. Details of arrested persons/wanted criminals.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.1306 FOR 18.12.2018

- v. Details  of  missing/kidnapped  persons  and  their  matching  with arrested, unidentified persons and dead bodies.
- vi. Details of stolen/recovered vehicles, arms and other properties.
- vii. Submission of requests for issue/renewal of various NOCs.
- viii. Verification requests servants/employee/tenant etc.
- ix. Portal for sharing information and enabling citizens to download required forms.

Digital  Police  portal  provides  Police  officials  search  and  reports  on national database on crime & criminals on pre-defined parameters.

(b) & (c): This  Digital  Police  portal  facilitates  only  filing  of  complaints. State/UT wise details of police station in which complaints can be filed by citizens  through  the  portal  are  in  Annexure.  Action  on  the  complaints  is taken at State/UT level.  Data regarding the number of complaints filed on this  portal  which  have  been  converted  into  FIRs  is  not  maintained  by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

(d): No,  Madam.  However,  the  online  database  of  Crime  &  Criminal Tracking  Network  and  System  (CCTNS)  may  be  used  by  States/UTs  for Passport verification.

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## L.S.US.Q.NO.1306 FOR 18.12.2018

## Statement referred to in regards to the reply to the part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1306 for reply on 18.12.2018

## State/UT-wise number of police stations in which complaints can be filed by citizens through portal.

| S No.   | State/UT          |   No. of Police Stations (PS) |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | A&NIslands        |                            23 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    |                          1019 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh |                            78 |
| 4       | Assam             |                           348 |
| 5       | Bihar             |                           894 |
| 6       | Chandigarh        |                            17 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh      |                           425 |
| 8       | DD&DNH            |                             5 |
| 9       | Delhi             |                           194 |
| 10      | Goa               |                            43 |
| 11      | Gujarat           |                           709 |
| 12      | Haryana           |                           341 |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh  |                           141 |
| 14      | J&K               |                           218 |
| 15      | Jharkhand         |                           437 |
| 16      | Karnataka         |                          1043 |
| 17      | Kerala            |                           531 |
| 18      | Lakshadweep       |                            13 |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh    |                          1049 |
| 20      | Maharashtra       |                          1117 |
| 21      | Manipur           |                           102 |
| 22      | Meghalaya         |                            44 |
| 23      | Mizoram           |                            39 |
| 24      | Nagaland          |                            64 |
| 25      | Odisha            |                           614 |
| 26      | Puducherry        |                            54 |
| 27      | Punjab            |                           422 |
| 28      | Rajasthan         |                           863 |
| 29      | Sikkim            |                            28 |
| 30      | Tamil Nadu        |                          1541 |
| 31      | Telangana         |                           841 |
| 32      | Tripura           |                            81 |
| 33      | Uttar Pradesh     |                          1533 |
| 34      | Uttarakhand       |                           156 |
| 35      | West Bengal       |                           589 |
| Total   | Total             |                         15616 |

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