Crime and Criminals Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) Project

The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project launched in 2009, is a mission mode project under the National, e-Governance Plan being implemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

  • The project aims at creating a comprehensive and integrated system and a nation-wide networked solution for connecting more than 15,000 Police Stations and nearly 6,000 higher offices in 28 States and 7 UTs of the country for sharing of real-time crime and criminal information.
  • The project has been conceptualized based on the principle of ‘Centralized Planning and Decentralized Implementation’.
  • A Core Application Software (CAS) was developed with common definitions, scheme and specifications at the Central level which would be handed over to the States/UTs for State specific customization.

Digital Police Portal

The Centre launched Digital Police Portal under CCTNS project in August, 2017. The MHA will undertake steps to integrate various organs of the Criminal Justice System such as Police, Courts, Prisons, Prosecution, Forensic Laboratories, Finger Prints and Juvenile Homes with the CCTNS database.

This Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) will be a useful resource for all stakeholders including the policy makers. The Digital Police Portal will enable citizens to register FIRs online and the portal will initially offer seven Public Delivery Services in 34 States & UTs. The CCTNS portal will provide investigator the complete record history of any criminal from anywhere across the country.

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