Governance
In News: At least seven States and one Union Territory have not uploaded any data on the Centre’s online platform meant to share information and coordinate action among law enforcement agencies on serious criminal incidents, including human trafficking.
Cri-MAC Portal
- The Crime Multi Agency Centre (Cri-MAC) was launched in 2020 by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to share information on crime and criminals 24×7 with various law enforcement agencies and ensure a seamless flow of information among them.
- The application run by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) aims to help in early detection and prevention of crime incidents across the country.
- West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Sikkim and Union Territory of Dadra, Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have not uploaded a single alert on Cri-Mac since the portal was launched in March 2020.
- Delhi, Assam and Haryana uploaded the maximum number of alerts on the portal, which included information on release of a hardened criminal from jail or an incident of terror, murder, dacoity among others.
- As on July 1, the number of alerts uploaded on the portal stood at 35,145 though there are 16,361 police stations in the country.
Source: The Hindu
