- Union Home Ministry launched the Digital Police Portal under CCTNS project. The Ministry of Home Affairs will undertake steps to integrate the various organs of the Criminal Justice System such as the Police, Courts, Prisons, Prosecution, Forensic Laboratories, Finger Prints and Juvenile Homes with the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) database.
- The CCTNS portal will provide investigator the complete record history of any criminal from anywhere across the country.
Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS)
CCTNS is a Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of Govt of India. CCTNS aims at creating a comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of policing through adopting of principle of e-Governance and creation of a nationwide networking infrastructure for evolution of IT-enabled state-of-the-art tracking system around 'Investigation of crime and detection of criminals'.