The government has given clearance to the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CTNS) project, according to the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ajay Maken.
Under the CCTNS Project, which is proposed to be implemented as a Mission Mode Project, about 14000 police stations and 6000 other police offices at various levels would be interconnected for evolution of IT-enabled state-of-the -art tracking system around “investigation of crime and detection of criminals” in the real time.
Maken said that the project will be implemented in a manner where the major role in the implementation of the project would be with the states and the role of the Centre would be largely confined to development and management of the core application software and aspects pertaining to issuing guidelines, review and monitoring of the project implementation.
The project is expected to be implemented during the three years under the XIth Five Year Plan from 2009-2010 to 2011-2012, he added.
Procurement of weaponry by police forces
The ministry of home affairs has, been supplementing the resources of the state governments for upgradation and modernization of their police forces under the Scheme for Modernization of State Police Forces (MPF Scheme). This Central assistance has resulted in a sustained improvement in the procurement of weaponry by the state police forces, both in terms of numbers and range of weapons.
The number of advanced weapons acquired by the state police forces during 2000-01 to 2007-08 under the MPF Scheme are 97,511 INSAS rifles, 36,890 AK-47 rifles, 20,361 9-mm Carbine, and 67,248 SLRs 7.62.
According to the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mullappally Ramachandran, the state governments include modern weaponry in their MPF action plans as per their own assessed requirements.
Under the MPF Scheme, assistance is being provided to the states for procurement of modern weaponry, construction of residential and non-residential buildings, mobility, communication / security / forensic science equipments, strengthening of intelligence branches, training infrastructure and facilities, etc.
Under the MPF Scheme, the state governments formulate their specific requirements and include them in their annual action plan, which are considered and approved by ministry of home affairs, and funds are released to states accordingly.
However, “Police” is a state subject as per VII Schedule to the Constitution of India. As such, the primary responsibility to adequately equip their police forces with modern weapons, etc. rests with the respective state governments
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