M. V. S. Prasad*
The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network
and Systems (CCTNS) project is a mission mode project under the National,
e-Governance Plan being implemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The
project aims at creating a comprehensive and integrated system and a
nation-wide networked solution for connecting more than 15,000 Police Stations
and nearly 6,000 higher offices in 28 States and 7 UTs of the country for
sharing of real-time crime and criminal information.
The project has been conceptualized based
on the principle of 'Centralized Planning and Decentralized Implementation'. A
Core Application Software (CAS) is being developed with common definitions,
scheme and specifications at the Central level which would be handed over to
the States/UTs for State specific customization. However, States which have
been allowed to continue to run on their existing applications have to align
their existing software to facilitate information exchange with CAS.
The States/UTs have complete operational
independence in project implementation. The implementation is through Bundle of Services wherein a System Integrator agency
implements all the requisite services as defined by Service level agreements
with the States/UTs. A strong governance mechanism with various Committees has
also been created as a part of CCTNS project to ensure quality and for timely
completion of project.
Objectives
·
Make the police
functioning citizen friendly, transparent, accountable, effective and efficient
by automating the process and functions at the level of the police stations and
other police offices at various levels.
·
Improving
delivery of citizen-centric services through effective usage of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT).
·
Facilitate
collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, transfer and sharing of information
among police stations, districts, State headquarters and other organizations/
agencies, including those at Government level.
·
Enabling and
assisting the senior Police Officers in better management of police force.
·
Keep track of the
progress of the crime and criminal investigation and prosecution cases,
including progress of cases in the courts.
·
Reduction in
manual and redundant record keeping.
The CCTNS project aims at providing online
services to the Citizens. The following is an indicative list of the same:
·
Filing of
complaints/information to the concerned police stations.
·
Obtaining the
status of the complaint or case registered at police station.
·
Obtaining the
copies of FIRs, post-mortem reports and other permissible documents etc.
·
Details of
arrested persons/wanted criminals and their illegal activities etc.
·
Details of
missing/kidnapped persons and their matching with arrested, unidentified
persons and dead bodies.
·
Details of
stolen/recovered vehicles, arms and other properties.
·
Submission of
requests for issue/renewal of various NOCs, clearances and permits and status
of such requests online.
·
Verification
requests for servants, employment, passport, senior citizen registrations etc.
·
Portal for
sharing information and enabling citizens to download required
forms/certificates etc.
A Core Application Software (CAS) has been
developed and is being tested by the Software Development Agency at the Central
level. The CAS would be implemented both at Central level and States/UTs to
enable information exchange for crime and criminal tracking as per objectives
of CCTNS project. The CAS would be further customized as required by the
States/UTs and implemented at States/UTs by the System Integrator agencies.
A nation-wide network and connectivity solution is
being implemented by the network solution provider and the readiness survey is
currently underway for implementation of the network. It has been completed for
28 States/UTs as of 15.03.2012
The commissioning of IT infrastructure for implementation
of national data centre and disaster recovery site are
in advanced stage. Deployment of CAS will happen after software certification
by STQC. System Integrators have been finalized in 16 States/UTs and rest are
in various stages of finalization. All States/UTs have implemented project
initiation activities in terms of capacity building and strengthening of
training institutions.
(PIB Features.)
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*Joint
Director, PIB, Chennai.
With inputs from Ministry of Home Affairs.
SS-128/SF-128/17-07-2012
RTS/HSN