Haryana Police Tops PRAGATI Dashboard Ranking | 20 May 2023

Why in News?

On May 18, 2023, the meeting of the State Apex Committee for the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), chaired by Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal, it was informed that Haryana Police ranks at the top in the monthly evaluation progress dashboard conducted by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for all states and union territories.

Key Points

• The CCTNS Haryana project aims to enhance citizen-friendliness, promote transparency in police operations and improve delivery of citizen-centric services through effective use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
• Recently, the Police Department of Haryana has also launched a new facility, wherein First Information Report (FIR) status updates are sent to the complainants through SMS in Hindi. The messages also include a link to download the FIR.
• Bandwidth has been upgraded in a total of 277 police stations in Haryana, which shows the commitment of Haryana Police to continuously improve connectivity. He urged the officers to expedite the work of State Wide Area Network connectivity, which would provide 10 Mbps bandwidth to the newly established 47 Police Stations including Cyber Crime Prevention and Assistance Scheme across the State.
• It was informed in the meeting that various reports have been developed in the CCTNS system to meet the specific requirements of the Anti Corruption Bureau in the State.
• In addition, a new provision has been made specifically to send Rakka (a document generated by the doctor in the Medico Legal Examination and Postmortem Report System) to the concerned Station House Officer (SHO) through CCTNS. An alert is also sent through email to the SHO and the concerned Superintendent of Police (SP).
• Also, a similar provision has been made for Medical Legal Report (MLR) and Post Mortem Report (PMR) stored in MedLEaPR.
• It was informed in the meeting that the work of linking the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) with CCTNS has been successfully completed. This integration has enabled citizens to place requests for blocking or unblocking devices online.
• In addition, CCTNS has been successfully integrated with other departments such as Health, Prisons, Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Prosecution and Courts through Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS).
• This achievement promotes seamless information sharing and collaboration between these departments, thereby further strengthening the criminal justice system.