• Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said Haryana secured first position in crime and criminal tracking network system (CCTNS) with 100 per cent marks in the country.
• Anil Vij congratulated Additional Director-General of Police, (Telecom & IT) AS Chawla, as well as the Police Department for this achievement.
• It is noteworthy that this system was implemented by the Union Home Ministry in the country to curtail the incidence of crime and under this system the police in the states had to upgrade the systems under certain parameters.
• The Haryana Police has secured first position in the country under this system for the first time with 100 per cent marks, while Gujarat has secured the second position with 99.9 per cent marks and Himachal Pradesh is third with 99.6 per cent marks.

Crime and criminal tracking network system (CCTNS)

• CCTNS is a Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Approx. 14,000 Police Stations throughout the country have been proposed to be automated besides 6000 higher offices in the police hierarchy.
• It was approved in 2009.

Objectives:

• Make the Police functioning citizen friendly and more transparent by automating the functioning of Police Stations.
• Improve delivery of citizen-centric services through effective usage of ICT.
• Provide the Investigating Officers of the Civil Police with tools, technology and information to facilitate investigation of crime and detection of criminals.