PUNJAB

Cctns project launched; firs to be filed online

Punjab Police is all set to go paperless in terms of registering FIRs (first information reports) or general diaries.

Taking a digital leap in strengthening its capabilities to meet the contemporary law & order challenges, the Punjab Police on Monday launched the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project for tracking of crimes and criminals.

With the CCTN ‘Go-Live’ roll-out, by the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, the FIRs and general diaries will now be updated online by the police officials, who will be provided tablets for the purpose.

Congratulating the police for the initiative, Capt Amarinder pointed out that with the move, Punjab has joined the ranks of the few states in the country to roll it out. While 13-year-old data like FIRs and general diaries have already been digitized as part of the project, all future data will be uploaded live from now on.

Capt Amarinder exhorted the police to make effective use of repository of valuable information that will be available through this project, while stressing on the need to enhance IT proficiency at all levels to make use of such projects.

He also urged all police officials at police station and supervisory levels to work on the project, while directing the department to suitably reward successes achieved through CCTNS project, which has been linked with Saanjh to provide citizen services in a more effective manner by automating manual processes.

The basic objectives of CCTNS project include improving quality of investigation and prosecution, linking crimes with criminals and vice versa, providing vital crime intelligence, providing better services to the citizens and simplifying maintenance of records at Police Station level.

Of the Rs 47 crore sanctioned by the Centre, a sum of Rs 22.64 crore has been spent so far on the project, according to the DGP.

The project, which now covers 600 locations, including 400 Police Stations and higher offices from Sub-Division to State level, currently has a database of 13 years (2005 to 2017) for about 7.6 lakh FIRs and total 29 lakh records of different investigation related forms, which can be searched and retrieved from the database online.

The database is all set to expand with every passing day due to registration of FIRs, important developments in investigations and disposal of cases by courts. The STF data is also expected to be added by the end of the month.

The police stations are connected through 512 KB connections, which are proposed to be upgraded to optical fibre by June-July this year at a cost of Rs 26 crore, of which Rs 12 crore has already been released, the DGP informed the Chief Minister.

All the locations have been provided computer hardware and software and are digitally connected for regular updation of the database. All the FIRs are being registered and all General Diary entries being made on computer under CCTNS project and are part of state level database maintained at State Data Center, which is in turn connected to national data center. In addition, the record of the last 10 years has been digitized.

Entries in database are made primarily by Police Stations and database is accessible to Police Stations and higher offices. Any Police officer at Police Station level or supervisory level can access this database for searches or query for any crime or criminal or for linking crime with criminal and vice versa.

Crime trends can be analysed and counter strategies can be evolved. Supervisory officers can monitor cases registered, progress of investigation and prosecution.

In future, the CCTNS project is proposed to be expanded by linking it with different databases being maintained by the Government.

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Last year, India ranked 43rd out of 45 countries in the Index.
The top 3 countries in the list are-

The USA.
The United Kingdom.

India’s overall score has increased substantially from 25% in the 5th edition of the Index to 30% in the 6th edition, according to the annual report prepared by the Global Innovation Policy Centre (GIPC)of the US Chambers of Commerce.

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Five international teams from USA, Germany, Canada, Slovakia and Russia and a local team participated in the tournament.
It was jointly organized by the Hockey Foundation, USA, Ladakh Winter Sports Club and Lalok Winter Sports Association.
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The site of the opening ceremony Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium was built specifically for the games.

These Games will feature 102 events in fifteen sports disciplines.

Peace will be the central theme of the games.

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· Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on 4-day visit to Palestine, UAE, Oman

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In his statement prior to his departure to Palestine, United Arab Emirates, and Oman, the Prime Minister said, this region is a key priority in India’s external engagement and he is looking forward to strengthening India’s growing and important ties with West Asia and the Gulf region through the visit. He said India enjoy vibrant multi-dimensional ties with the countries in West Asia.
Expressing his gratitude to the King Abdullah II of Jordan for facilitating the transit, he said he looks forward to meeting him in Amman today.
On his first visit to Palestine, he was looking forward to the discussions with President Mahmoud Abbas and reaffirmed India’s support for the Palestinian people and the development of Palestine.

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· Haryana emerges as first champion of Khelo India School Games with 38 gold medals

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The competition concluded in New Delhi.
The sports powerhouse won 102 medals including 38 gold medals, 26 silver medals, 38 Bronze medals. Maharashtra (110) finished second overall while Delhi (94) came third.
Punjab and Kerala won the boys’ and girls’ gold medals respectively in Basketball competition.
On the final day, Haryana emerged with the best haul of five medals, including one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals.
Haryana archers showed impressive performance and won one gold medal on the final day. It clinched two silver and two bronze medals from Archery on the same day.

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The revised target of PMUY will be achieved by 2020 with an additional allocation of Rs. 4,800 crore.
The decision comes in the wake of the huge response to PMUY from the women particularly in rural areas and to cover such households not having LPG connection.
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