NationalIntelligenceGrid(Natgrid)projectofIndia: It is the integrated intelligence grid developed by C-DAC-Pune connecting databases of core security agencies of the Government of India (C-DAC, 2014). It is a counter terrorism measure that collects and collates a host of information from government databases including tax and bank account details, credit card transactions, visa and immigration records and itineraries of rail and air travel (Yasmeen, 2013). This combined data will be made available to 11 central agencies, which are: Research and Analysis Wing, the Intelligence Bureau, Central Bureau of Investigation, Financial intelligence unit, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence,Enforcement Directorate, Narcotics Control Bureau, Central Board of Excise and Customs and the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence.
It is a project under National e-Governance Plan(NeGP) covering all 28 States and 7
UTs which aims at creation of a nation-wide networking infrastructure for evolution of IT-enabled sophisticated tracking system around 'investigation of crime and detection of criminals (PTI, 2013). The goals of the CCTNS are to facilitate collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, transfer and sharing of data and information at the police station and between the police station and the State Headquarters and the Central Police Organizations. CCTNS would provide a comprehensive database for crimes and criminals, and it would be easier for the law enforcement agencies to track down a criminal moving from one place to another.
NationalCyberCoordinationCentre (NCCC): National Cyber Coordination Centre is a proposed cyber security and e-surveillance agency in India. It is intended to screen communication metadata and co-ordinate the intelligence gathering activities of other agencies. Some of the components of NCCC include a cyber attack prevention strategy, cyber attack investigations and training, etc.
