Economic Times ( 09 Jan ) carries following news report
:
Cops Must Curb Cybercrime : PM
PM Shri Modi , in his valedictory address at the Director General
of Police ( DGP ) and Inspector General of Police ( IGP ) conference organized
by the Intelligence Bureau ( IB ) , said :
“ Cyber security issues should be dealt with immediately and should
receive highest priority
Just as openness is
getting increased acceptance worldwide, there is need for greater openness
among states too, on security issues.. Security cannot be achieved selectively,
or alone. But breaking of
silos and information
sharing among states can help make everyone more secure "
I
suppose , Shri Modi left it to the DGPs and IGPs to figure out , how to break silos and share crime-related information
But a deep-grained attitude of “ hold it close to the chest “ any info , will not go away by such
exhortation alone !
I urge Shri Modi to
resort to technology
, in order to AUTOMATE
the process of INFORMATION-SHARING
, as outlined in my following earlier email :
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Can e-Governance help eliminate
corruption ?
Most certainly
Look at the following , partial list
of Central and State Agencies set up to fight fraud , money-laundering ,
corruption , tax-evasion , economic crimes etc :
· Public Accounts Committee
( PAC )
· Central Vigilance Commission
( CVC )
· Central Information
Commission ( CIC )
· Research and Analysis
Wing (
RAW )
· Serious Fraud Investigation
Office ( SFIO )
· Information
Bureau
( IB )
· Economic Offence
Wing
( EOW )
· Central Bureau of
Investigation ( CBI )
· Department of Revenue Intelligence
( DIR )
· Comptroller and Auditor
General ( CAG )
· Anti Corruption Bureaus ( States
).... ( ACB )
· Enforcement
Directorate
( ED )
· Lok Ayukts (
States )
· Lok
Pal ( Central
)
Despite such an army of Agencies ,
how do corrupt manage to get away ?
Or , in case caught , manage to delay
delivery of punishment for years ?
No doubt , there must be several
reasons , including , inter - agency rivalry to get credit - something
difficult to eliminate altogether
But , I believe , the most important
reason is :
Lack of a COMMON / COMPUTERIZED
database of all offences / cases / persons being investigated
And , which is readily "
Accessible " to all of these Agencies , all over the country ( 24 * 365 )
Already , every Agency compiles huge
dossiers on " Suspects " in its own
which is never shared with other Agencies ,
leading to ,
· Huge amount of duplication of efforts /
information
· Fractured / scattered profiles of " Suspects "
· Enormous waste of time / resources
What will help ?
· Dismantling of individual departmental
databases
· Merging of all Agency-wise databases
into a
SINGLE / UNIQUE database
· All Agencies to enter their findings
/ data / info
into this COMMON
preserved on local computers
· All data-entry FORMS to be ONLINE .
No paper
forms at all
· All local computers connected to
ultra-secure
Network ( Encrypted )
· " Access Rights " to
individuals , based on
Biometric Identification
Can we look forward to a NDA Minister taking
a lead in this matter by adopting following innovation ?
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