National Crime Records Bureau

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Context: Union Home and Cooperation Minister addressed the National Crime Records Bureau.

Details:

• Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah addressed the 37th Foundation Day celebrations of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) as the Chief Guest.
• Union Home Minister said that data of central agencies such as the CBI, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) should also be integrated with the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS), which currently connects all police stations in the country.

About National Crime Records Bureau:

• National Police Commission in 1977.
  • The Commission was set up to look into all aspects of policing in the country and make recommendations with a view to bring about the required organizational, procedural and cultural changes in the State Police to bring it in tune with the national aspirations of a democratic and welfare State.
• Committee on Crime Records in 1978.
  • The Committee was set up to review the existing crime records and associated procedures and to recommend changes with a view to enable the police forces to meet the present day requirements of crime and criminal information.
• Accepting the recommendations of the National Police Commission (1977), the Ministry of Home Affairs constituted a Task Force in 1985 to work out the modalities for setting up of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
• The Government accepted the recommendations of the Task Force and constituted the NCRB with headquarters at New Delhi in January, 1986

Significance of NCRB:

• NCRB functions as the house of information on crime and criminals including those operating at National and International levels.
• Stores, coordinates and shares information with States and national investigating agencies.
• Collects and processes crime statistics at the National level.
• Coordinate, guide and assist the functioning of the State Crime Records Bureau.
• Function as the National storehouse of fingerprint (FP) records of convicted persons including FP records of foreign criminals.
• Advises Central and State Governments on matters related to fingerprints and footprints, and to conduct training courses for fingerprint experts.

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