NATGRID-the National Intelligence Grid
NATGRID gets in-principal approval
After the establishment of National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe terror cases, the Union Home Ministry has got the in-principle approval for it’s another show-case project — the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID). The law enforcement and intelligence agencies would be able to share information real time once the NATGRID becomes fully operational.
NATGRID will have access to about 21 categories of databases like phone records, credit card transactions, travel details, bank accounts, income tax returns and visa and immigration records. The database will be available to 11 law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The ambitious “Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) will lay the ground work for the NATGRID.
