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IT firms eye criminal tracking network project
Bangalore: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved a Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems (CCTNS) project worth Rs.2000 crore in June this year. Now, around 27 Indian IT firms, including majors like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys Technologies and Wipro have submitted their expressions of interest (EoIs) to develop the technology platform for CCTNS.
The winner of the bid will get to develop the core technology platform and software that will work as a standard for all Indian states to implement the project at the state level. CCTNS is expected to streamline investigation and prosecution processes; strengthen the intelligence-gathering machinery and improve the public delivery system. It will also create a platform for sharing crime and criminal information across the country which will simplify investigation and prosecution processes.
This platform will also make the process of collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, transfer and sharing of data and information among police stations, district and state headquarters and the controlling agencies at the central level easier. "The selected parties can pursue multiple opportunities at the state level. The prime aim of the project is to create an architecture using an application programming interface (API), so that the systems to be launched by each state would speak to each other," explained the Indian head of a software firm that has submitted an EoI for the project to Business Standard.
Many state governments have tried to use technology to fight crime. In 2008, Gujrat government had signed an agreement with TCS to develop a technology platform that was aimed at enabling every police officer to have access to police records and background information at any given point of time. While Wipro has developed an integrated police information system and is now trying to get contracts in Karnataka. "Wipro sees a huge role for information technology to combat high crime rates more effectively. Our technology will bring in a lot of efficiency and agility in the functioning between various units of the police department through real-time information sharing," said Ranbir Singh, General Manager, Government and Defence, Wipro Infotech.
The states that have already developed technology to fight crime will have to integrate the police records with CCTNS. States will have to comply with the standards set by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) at the central level.
Source:
http://siliconindia.com/shownews/IT_firms_eye_criminal_tracking_network_project-
The winner of the bid will get to develop the core technology platform and software that will work as a standard for all Indian states to implement the project at the state level. CCTNS is expected to streamline investigation and prosecution processes; strengthen the intelligence-gathering machinery and improve the public delivery system. It will also create a platform for sharing crime and criminal information across the country which will simplify investigation and prosecution processes.
This platform will also make the process of collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, transfer and sharing of data and information among police stations, district and state headquarters and the controlling agencies at the central level easier. "The selected parties can pursue multiple opportunities at the state level. The prime aim of the project is to create an architecture using an application programming interface (API), so that the systems to be launched by each state would speak to each other," explained the Indian head of a software firm that has submitted an EoI for the project to Business Standard.
Many state governments have tried to use technology to fight crime. In 2008, Gujrat government had signed an agreement with TCS to develop a technology platform that was aimed at enabling every police officer to have access to police records and background information at any given point of time. While Wipro has developed an integrated police information system and is now trying to get contracts in Karnataka. "Wipro sees a huge role for information technology to combat high crime rates more effectively. Our technology will bring in a lot of efficiency and agility in the functioning between various units of the police department through real-time information sharing," said Ranbir Singh, General Manager, Government and Defence, Wipro Infotech.
The states that have already developed technology to fight crime will have to integrate the police records with CCTNS. States will have to comply with the standards set by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) at the central level.
Source:
http://siliconindia.com/shownews/IT_firms_eye_criminal_tracking_network_project-
