CCTNS will bring revolutionary change: Rijiju

Implementation of the technology- based Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) will bring about a "revolutionary change" in effectively managing the internal security dynamics of the country, the government today said.
Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju, while addressing the 30th Raising Day celebrations of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), said the operationalisation of the ambitious system "will see the dawn of new age projects, including e-courts, e-prisons and e-hospitals".
"The ongoing CCTNS project, when completed, will mark a revolutionary change to manage and monitor the internal security situation in the country," he said.
The CCTNS project was conceived by the Union Home Ministry as part of its police modernisation programme under the national e-governance project. The software for the application is being developed in consultation with various stakeholders particularly the states and UTs, along with space for alterations according to local requirements.

The Minister said that despite acute staff crunch, NCRB has contributed effectively and the information it provides acts as a backbone of all law and order-related departments.
"The world is becoming increasingly complicated by the day and the role of NCRB is going to be crucial in the scenario of security challenges to come," he said.
During the event, NCRB Director General R R Verma said police stations under the project have already started generating online FIRs and a database of crime records and criminals is being prepared that will enable tracking of criminals anywhere at the press of a button.

"About 58 per cent of police stations across the country are presently generating FIRs through the CCTNS system. As on February 20, this year, 88 per cent of total sites are ready for CCTNS implementation, 59 per cent of the ten years' legacy data has been digitised and 76 per cent of the total sites have been provided network connectivity," he said.