Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System

• CCTNS: Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System
• To be launched at 5,000 locations, including 3,000 police stations, across the country on January 4.
• The project is based on the principle of “centralized planning and decentralized implementation”. 
• The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)-backed project will provide a national databank of crime and criminals and their biometric profiles.
• This database will be connected with databases of other agencies of the criminal justice system like courts, jails, immigration and passport authorities.

 APPLICATIONS:

• The system will have a wide-ranging application. It will automate police functioning; make it transparent, accountable, effective and efficient.
•  Nationwide data will be available at 15,000 police stations and offices of middle and senior rank officials.
• It will also help in knowing progress of investigation in criminal cases and status of court proceedings