Question : Status of CCTNS Project

(a) the current status of Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems (CCTNS) Project;

(b) whether the establishment of CCTNS have been helpful in tackling the issues such as extortion, kidnapping, drug and substance abuse in the Northeast India;

(c) if so, the details thereof and the number of cases reported under such project during each of the last three years and thecurrent year, State-wise;

(d) the funds granted and utilised for implementation of CCTNS in the country
during the said period, State-wise;

(e) the data of women police stations established under the project; and

(f) whether the Government has taken steps for the speedy implementation of the project and if so, the details thereof?

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

a) The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) Project is under implementation in all States/UTs. 15107 Police Stations out of 15587 Police Stations under the project are using CCTNS Core Application Software.
The Central Digital Police Portal has been launched in August 2017. The portal has the facility for national level search on crime and criminal data, crime report generation and facility for the citizens for reporting a crime and seeking police verification. All States/UTs have launched their State Citizen Police Portal

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for delivering citizen centric police services such as online registering and tracking of complaints, reporting and search for missing persons, lost property including vehicles, employee verification, antecedent verification etc.
The period of project implementation and Operation & Maintenance are respectively valid upto March 2018 & March 2022.

b) & c) The access to the CCTNS Database is available with the State police/ investigating officers. However, it is difficult to attribute crime solutions in case of extortion, kidnapping, drug and substance abuse solely to the CCTNS system only in any part of the country including North-Eastern States.

d) The details of state wise funds released and utilized is at Annexure-I.

e) Police Stations set up by the States/UTs have been covered under CCTNS project. The Project does not envisage setting up of women Police Stations.
f) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) have been regularly monitoring implementation of the project and issuing advisories/directives from time to time to the States/UTs in regard to data digitization & migration, fund utilization, connectivity, functioning of disaster recovery centers etc. for successful implementation of the project.





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