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Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) launches unique Digital Criminal Case Management System (CCMS) Platform

Posted 16 Mar 2024

Updated 27 Mar 2024

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  • Newly developed Digital CCMS was designed by National Investigation Agency (NIA).
    • It is a user-friendly and easy-to-deploy, customizable, browser-based software to help State Police forces in their investigations and prosecution.

 

  • Significance of Digital CCMS
    • Enable NIA personnel to better coordinate in terrorism and organized crime cases, thereby improving justice delivery.
    • Help State Police forces organise, integrate and digitalise data generated during investigations, such as case documents, extracted data, collected evidence, and charge-sheets presented to court.
    • Foster stronger cooperation between central and state agencies including Anti-Terror Squads of State Police. 
    • Bring standardisation into investigations, streamline compilation of terror-related data, improves conviction rates in sensitive and complex cases across country.
    • Assist NIA and State Police forces’ preparedness to implement new Criminal laws such as Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakhsya Sanhita.

 

  • Additionally, MHA launched Sankalan app – A compendium of New Criminal Laws by National Crime Records Bureau.
    • It is designed for navigating through new criminal laws as a bridge between old and new criminal laws.
    • It will work in offline mode as well and its availability has been ensured in far-flung areas.

National Investigation Agency (NIA)

  • It is a central counter-terrorism law enforcement agency in country.
  • It was established under NIA Act, 2008.
  • Headquarter at New Delhi.
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  • Digital Criminal Case Management System (CCMS)
  • National Investigation Agency (NIA)
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