Rajnath launches Digital Police Portal under CCTNS project

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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on August 21, 2017, said the Ministry of Home Affairs will undertake steps to integrate the various organs of the Criminal Justice System such as  Police, Courts, Prisons, Prosecution, Forensic Laboratories, Fingerprints and Juvenile Homes with the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) database.

Launching the Digital Police Portal under the CCTNS project here, Rajnath said this Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) will be a useful resource for all stakeholders including the policy makers. He said the Digital Police Portal will enable citizens to register FIRs online and the portal will initially offer seven Public Delivery Services in 34 States & UTs, like Person and Address Verification e.g. of employees, tenants, nurses etc, permission for hosting Public Events, Lost & Found Articles and Vehicle theft etc. Besides, the portal will enable restricted access to law enforcement agencies on topics such as Antecedent Verification and make assessment of FIRs, according to a PIB release.

Rajnath Singh said at present out of 15,398 Police Stations under the CCTNS project, 14,284 Police Stations are using CCTNS software. Of these 14,284 Police Stations, 100% FIRs are being generated under this software at 13,775 Police Stations. The Union Home Minister said the pace of implementation of the CCTNS project is satisfactory in all states. He said that out of 15,398 Police Stations across the country, connectivity is enabled at 13,439 Police Stations, according to the PIB release.