Sign In
Learn bits
Science & Tech.
Mahesh

04/05/22 06:35 AM IST

NATGRID

In News 
  • Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah inaugurated the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) Bengaluru premises.
About NATGRID
  • NATGRID is conceptualised as a seamless and secure database for information on terrorists, economic crimes and similar incidents to help bolster India's capabilities.
  • The NATGRID has been envisaged as a robust mechanism to track suspects and prevent terrorist attacks with real-time data and access to classified information like immigration, banking, individual taxpayers, air and train travels.
Working
  • In the first phase, 10 user agencies and 21 service providers will be connected with the NATGRID while in later phases about 950 additional organisations will be brought on board, as per a PTI report.
  • In the following years, more than 1,000 organisations will be further integrated into the NATGRID.
  • These data sources include records related to immigration entry and exit, banking and financial transactions and telecommunications.
  •  C-DAC Pune has been roped in as Technology Partner and IIT, Bhilai as Plan Management Consultant for the development of NATGRID solution.
Source-PIB 

More Related Current Affairs View All

08 Nov

One Rank One Pension (OROP) in India

'As the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme completes 10 years, data presented by the Defence Ministry reflects a significant financial expenditure for armed forces pensioners over

Read More

08 Nov

Can all private properties be acquired by the state?

'A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, in a majority judgment (8:1), held that not every private resource can be considered a ‘material resource of the commun

Read More

08 Nov

UP introduced new rules for appointing its police chief

'The Uttar Pradesh government has framed new rules for appointing the state’s Director General of Police (DGP).' This comes in the wake of the Supreme Court (SC) issuing n

Read More

India’s First Ai-Driven Magazine Generator

Generate Your Custom Current Affairs Magazine using our AI in just 3 steps