CCTNS Project launched on pilot basis

January 8, 2013

Crime & Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) Project which seeks to make use of technology in bringing greater transparency and accountability into government functioning was launched as a pilot project in New Delhi. All the States and Union Territories across the length and breadth of the country are in the process of implementing the CCTNS project.

What is the objective behind the project?
CCTNS Project will create a nation-wide environment for the real-time sharing of crime and criminal information.
A Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan of Government of India.
Aims at creating a comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of policing through adopting the principle of e-Governance.
The Project also includes the 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’.