National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB):
- Background: NCRB was set-up in 1986, based on the recommendations of the National Police Commission (1977-1981) and the MHA’s Task force (1985).
- Mandate: To function as a repository of information on crime and criminals so as to assist the investigators in linking crime to the perpetrators.
- Functions:
- In 2009, NCRB was entrusted with the responsibility for implementing the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) project.
- It launched the National Digital Police Portal in 2017.
- It maintains the National Database of Sexual Offenders (NDSO).
- It has been designated as the Central Nodal Agency to manage technical and operational functions of the ‘Online Cyber-Crime Reporting Portal’ and associated work of Cyber Crime Prevention against Women & Children (CCPWC) of Ministry of Home Affairs.
- It compiles and publishes National Crime Statistics i.e. Crime in India, Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India and Prison Statistics India.
- It maintains Counterfeit Currency Information and Management System (FICN) and Integrated Monitoring on Terrorism (iMoT).
- It has also floated various IT based Public Services like, Vahan Samanvay (online matching for Stolen/Recovered vehicles), Talash (matching of missing persons and dead bodies).
- HQ: New Delhi.
- Parent agency: It is part of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India.
