Monday, 25 April 2022

DATA is better than Third Degree

 


Says, Shri Amitbhai Shah ( Home Minister )


Here is what got reported :

Rely on technology, data and digital forensics for investigation; not third-degree

( ET  /  23 April 2022 )


Extract :


Ø  Stating that law enforcement agencies need to rely on technology, data, information and digital forensics for investigation and not “ redundant “ third degree methods

 

Ø  Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday shared that the National Investigation Agency ( NIA ) has been asked with preparing databases on seven counts :


#    Narcotics

#    Hawala Transactions

#    Arms Trafficking

#    Counterfeit Currencies

#    Bomb Blasts

#    Terror Funding

#    Terrorism

 

Ø   “ Preparation of a National Database,  and allowing investigation agencies

      probing cases relating to the above seven fields, access to this database, while

      also adding state-level databases, will help both the national investigation

     agencies as well as the state police.


 NIA has made a good start and the government expects that the national

 database on all counts will be developed in the coming days,” Shah said

            

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MY  TAKE :

 

Ø  E - Governance ?  ...................................... [ 03 April 2014 ]

 

Extract :

 

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 "

Departmental Database " , 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 database ,

    with nothing 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

 

  

Will BJP want to make this , a prominent promise in their Poll-Manifesto , likely to be released on 7th April  ?  ( Congress /  AAP missed this boat  ! )

 

It is high time political parties stop talking of motherhood in vague terms and start telling the voters ,

 

" If you vote us to power , this is precisely what we will do , to bring about E-GOVERNANCE  - and do it within 6 months of assuming power "

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With regards,

Hemen parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  26 April 2022

 

Related Readings :

Ø  Thank You, Shri Karnal Singhji,………………………. [ 12 April 2022 ]

Ø  Break-down the Silos ! …………………………………… [  16 Sept 2017 ]

Ø  Too Many Cooks , spoil the Broth ? ………………. [  25 Feb 2018 ]

Ø  Thank You, Dr Rajan……………………………………….. [ 22 Aug 2021 ]

 

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Added  on  05  MAY  2022  :


Centre plans national database to strengthen policing and criminal investigation ../  ET  /  04  May


 Extract :


NATGRID is the integrated intelligence master

 database structure for counter-terrorism purposes,

 connecting databases of various CORE  SECURITY 

 AGENCIES under the Govt of India , collecting

 COMPREHENSIVE  PATTERNS procured from 21

 DIFFERENT  ORGANIZATIONS , that can be readily

 ACCESSED by SECURITY AGENCIES , around the

 clock


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