Cyber Networking of Police Stations
A Common Integrated Police Application (CIPA) programme had been
initiated in the year 2004-05 as a component of the “Modernisation of
State Police Forces (MPF)” scheme of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The
aim of the CIPA was to bring about computerization and automation in the
functioning at the police station. So far, 2,760 police stations, out of
a total of around 14,000 police stations across the country, have been
covered under the Scheme. No police station was connected on any network
under any previous central scheme. Networking of Police Stations was
envisaged in CIPA but before it could be implemented, the planned
project CCTNS came into existence and CIPA programme was subsumed under
CCTNS.
The development of nation-wide networking environment has been envisaged
under CCTNS project to be implemented before the end of XI five year
plan (2012). However, certain police stations within the country have
been networked alongwith higher offices in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Goa, Chandigarh and Tamil Nadu in varying degrees. The networking of
police stations as envisaged under the CCTNS project is yet to begin.
The Core Application Software (CAS) being developed under CCTNS shall
have bilingual (English/Hindi) User Interfaces and Data Entry
capabilities. The CAS will also have capabilities built-in for enabling
customization in all official languages as laid down in Constitution of
India.
IT trained personnel are available with the National Crime Records
Bureau. NCRB have recently recruited 8 technical personnel on contract
basis to assist in CCTNS project activities. Training is being conducted
for NCRB and State Police personnel as part of CCTNS capacity building
initiative.
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home
Affairs, Shri Ajay Maken in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha
today.
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