. CRIME & CRIMINAL TRACKING NETWORK & SYSTEMS (CCTNS)

♤ Project which seeks to make use of technology in bringing greater transparency and accountability into government functioning.

♤ All the States and Union Territories across the length and breadth of the country are in the process of implementing the CCTNS project.

♤ CCTNS Project will create a nation-wide environment for the real-time sharing of crime and criminal information.

♤ A Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan of Government of India.

♤ Aims at creating a comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of policing through adopting the principle of e-Governance.

♤ The Project also includes the creation of a nationwide networking infrastructure for evolution of IT- enabled-state-of-the-art tracking system around ‘Investigation of crime and detection of criminals’.