Centre allocates funds to Nagaland under CCTNS

Kohima, Aug 03: The Central Government allocated an amount of Rs 1330.64 lakh to Nagaland under the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network Systems (CCTNS) Project.

Official sources today said under this project, Nagaland had so far utilised about Rs 112.72 lakh. The fund was for 51 police stations and 48 higher offices of police of Nagaland.

The CCTNS project was launched recently and under it 15015 police stations and 7000 higher offices, including circles, districts, sub-divisions, state headquarters throughout the country, had been proposed to be automated.

The objectives of the project include making the police functioning citizen friendly, transparent, accountable, effective and efficient by automating the processes and functions at the level of the police stations and other police offices at various levels.

It also aims towards improving the delivery of citizen-centric services through effective usage of information and communication technology.

Sources also mentioned the training on CCTNS software would commence after its roll out in states and union territories in December this year.