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March 2020 for Sharing Details of Accused Persons, Stolen Vehicles Along with FIR Details from CCTNS NCRB NEWSLETTER VOLUME - X I I S S U E - 1 J a n u a r y – M a r c h 2 0 2 0 Inside this i s s u e : Inception Day 3 Celebration CCTNS Hackathon 4 and Cyber Chal- lenge 2020 CCTNS 6 Project and Data Centre & Technical Services Statistics 12 Training 13 Union Minister of State for Home Shri Nityanand Rai graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Shri V.S.K. Kaumudi, DG, BPR&D, as the Guest of Honour on this occasion. Central 16 Finger Print Bureau IT Security 18 General works 19 Republic Day 20 Celebration Administration 21 Welfare 22 23 हमारा प्रयास—हहꅍदी का Shri Nityanand Rai, Union Minister of State(Home) along with Shri विकास Ram Phal Pawar, Director,NCRB, Shri Sanjay Mathur, JD(CCTNS) and Shri Vineet Kumar, President, Cyber Peace launching the CCTNS Hackathon and Cyber Challenge compendium. From The Desk of Director I am happy to bring out the NCRB Newsletter for the first quarter of the year 2020. Following were the major activities that were undertaken during the quarter at the Bureau: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) celebrated its 35th Inception Day, on 12th March, 2020. Union Minister of State for Home Shri Nityanand Rai graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Shri V.S.K. Kumudhi, DG, BPR&D, was the Guest of Honour on this occasion. DG SSB Sh. Kumar Ra- jesh Chandra, DG NSG, Sh. AK Singh CEO NATGRID Sh. Ashish Gupta, Di- rector WCCB Smt Tilotama Verma, along with other Senior officials of CAP- Fs/CPOs, various central and state police organizations and Ex-Directors of Sh. Ram Phal Pawar NCRB also graced the occasion. Director NCRB Cyber security of CCTNS Platform is very important for the security of data. To make the system more robust, and to popularize it further, NCRB jointly with Cyber Peace Foundation organized a Hackathon named as the “CCTNS Hackathon and Cyber Challenge - 2020”. It offered a unique experience to the participants who got an opportunity to upgrade their skills, knowledge, contribute ideas and to build network for future growth. NCRB encourages States to include CCTNS requirements in their State Action Plans under MPF scheme and also attends High Powered Committee (HPC) meetings under MHA. Three such meetings were attended by NCRB officers at Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Bhubaneshwar. NCRB organizes states/UTs Nodal Officers’ (CCTNS) meetings periodically to review the CCTNS Project. Two such meetings were held on 29.01.2020 and 12.03.2020 at NCRB, New Delhi . On the training front, nine courses were conducted with 210 participants from different States/UTs during the quarter. NCRB team also conducted 18 - week proficiency course on Finger Print Science at its CFPB, Kolkata. NAFIS solution, expected to be a game changer in the use of fingerprint science, is being installed by the solution provider M/s Smart Chip throughout the country. Data Centre and Disaster Recovery Centre have been made ready. Further, 26 states/UTs have confirmed that NAFIS equipment has been delivered in good condition at the respective districts /commissionerates in the country. As far as publications are concerned, with the release of ‘Crime in India-2018’ on 7th January, NCRB has now become up-to-date in its publications. Our Statistics Branch also provides inputs for framing replies to Parliament Questions regularly. Data for 237 such questions were provided to the concerned Ministries/Departments during the Budget Sessions of Parliament during the quarter. While we work for citizens and enable police of different States/UTs in IT, our own staff’s welfare also remains our concern. Towards this, the Bureau organized a picnic/get together at Surajgarh Farms, Gurugram for its staff and their families, where they got an opportunity to stress out and enjoy. Further, as our humble contribution to the Fit India Movement of the country, NCRB has been organising Yoga and Aerobics sessions for the fitness and agility of its staff on alternate days from 5.30 pm onwards. Ram Phal Pawar Director, NCRB VOLUME - X I I S S U E - 1 P a g e 2 NCRB Inception Day National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) celebrated its 35th Inception Day on 12th March, 2020 at its Mahipalpur office complex, New Delhi. Union Minister of State for Home, Shri Nityanand Rai graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Shri V.S.K.Kaumudi, DG, BPR&D, was the Guest of Honour on this occasion. DGs of SSB and NSG and CEO NATGRID along with other Senior officials of CAPFs/CPOs and Ex-Directors of NCRB also graced the occasion with their presence. While addressing the gathering, the Chief Guest lauded the role of NCRB and said that the huge database of CCTNS will help investigators in solving crime cases faster. He added that fingerprints were being used in the country from very early times and mentioned that National Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) being setup by NCRB will be a game changer for police. He emphasized the importance of capacity building in cyber-crime investigation. He also gave away medals to the recipients of Police Medal for Meritorious Services - Shri Sudarshan Kumar, Sub Inspector, Shri S.K. Nagrajan, DEO-B and Shri Bishan Singh, Constable and congratulated them on their achievements. The winners of the CCTNS Hackathon and Cyber Challenge-2020 for the three tracks—CCTNS Bug Hunting, CCTNS Ideathon and e–Raksha Awards, were also rewarded by the Chief Guest . A cultural program was also organized on the Inception Day, where NCRB staff & their family members participated enthusiastically . VOLUME - X I I S S U E - 1 P a g e 3 CCTNS HACKATHON AND CYBER CHALLENGE 2020 NCRB in collaboration with the Cyber Peace Foundation inaugurated the CCTNS Hackathon & Cyber Challenge on 29th January, 2020 at NCRB. Shri Arvinda Kumar, Director, Intelligence Bureau graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The aim of the hackathon was to enhance skills and deepen the understanding of the police personnel at ground level and to make smart strategies for addressing evolving cyber threats. This challenge invited participation of CCTNS Nodal Officers from States/UTs, senior officers from MHA, BPR&D, CPOs/CAPFs, students and faculty of academic institutions, law enforcement personnel across all ranks, technical companies and cyber security experts across India. The CCTNS Hackathon & Cyber Challenge was designed on three tracks: Track-1, CCTNS Bug Hunting—to make the System more robust Track-2, CCTNS Ideathon—to invite ideas for developing more services around CCTNS Track-3, eRaksha Awards—to recognize best innovations in the cybercrime investigation Shri Vineet Kumar, President, Cyber Peace Foundation also addressing the audience at the “Inauguraton of CCTNS Hackathon and Cyber Challenge - 2020 ” VOLUME - X I I S S U E - 1 P a g e 4 Status of CCTNS Implementation(as on 31st March, 2020 ) S.No. Activities As on 31.03.2020 1 No. of PSs having Network Connectivity 15300/16042 (95%) 2 No. of PSs where complete hardware 15370/16042 (96%) commissioned 3 No. of PSs where CCTNS Software is deployed 15207/16042 (95%) 4 No. of PSs entering IIF 1 to IIF 5 in CAS 85% 5 Entry of IIF 1 to IIF 6 in CAS during month 80% 6 No. of IIF 8 to IIF 11 & other forms in CAS 56% during month 7 CCTNS Generated FIR Forms (IIF 1) submitted 78% to Court during the month 8 Quality of CCTNS Data checked (Yes/No) 35 out of 36 states/UTs 9 Data Migration done 91% 10 35 out of 36 states/ Data Replication UTs 11 No. of personnel have been trained for CCTNS 94% 12 Technical Setup for handling CCTNS 65% 13 DR established and functional 32 out of 36 states/UTs 14 State Citizen Portal Services 36 out of 36 states/UTs 15 Fund Utilization (Fund for O&M not included by 88.5% some states) VOLUME - X I I S S U E - 1 P a g e 5 CCTNS 1. The following Portals/Services were developed in house by CCTNS and DCT branches. These were inaugurated by Shri Nityanand Rai, Hon’ble MoS (Home) during NCRB’s 35th Inception day. 1) Crime Multi Agency Centre (Cri-MAC): As per the recommendations of DGP/IGP Conference 2018, need was felt to have a Crime Multi Agency Centre (Cri-MAC) to ensure seamless online sharing of information about criminal data among various Law Enforcement Agencies on 24x7 basis and improve the digital communications between them. Accordingly, Cri-MAC has scrolling windows on recently occurred important crimes like, Human Trafficking, Jail Breaks, Jail Releases of notorious criminals, Arrest of interstate criminals, important Seizure and Recoveries, High alerts, Hue & Cry Notices etc. and clicking on such information fetches and displays the FIR from CCTNS database. 2) CyTrain portal (https://cytrain.ncrb.gov.in): This is a Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform to offer professional quality e-learning resources to all LEAs, prosecutors, judges and other stakeholders. The portal is part of the National Cybercrime Training Centre (NCTC) of I4C scheme of MHA, Government of India. Till date, more than 500 police officers across the country have registered with this portal and enrolled in the courses as per their requirements. 3) A new NCRB website, compliant to GIGW (Guidelines on Indian Government websites) 4) The Bureau launched sending daily automatic email alerts to the concerned Police Stations across India in case of matching of Missing Person with Unidentified Found Person (UIFP) and Unidentified Dead Bodies (UIDB); Stolen Vehicles with the Seized/ Recovered vehicles in the CCTNS database.
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