About National Crime Records Bureau:
- It was established in 1986 to act as a repository of information on crime and criminals.
- It was set up based on the recommendations of the Tandon Committee, the National Police Commission (1977-1981) and the Task Force of the Home Ministry.
- Nodal Ministry: It comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India.
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Functions of National Crime Records Bureau
- It is responsible for collecting and analysing crime data as well as serving as a repository of such information to aid investigators in tracing crimes and criminals.
- It is entrusted with the responsibility of monitoring, coordination, and implementing the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS) project.
- Under the National Digital Police Portal police officers look for a criminal or suspect on the CCTNS database and gives citizens with services such as online complaint filing, etc.
- The Bureau has also been entrusted to maintain the National Database of Sexual Offenders (NDSO) and share it with the States/UTs on a regular basis.
- NCRB has also been designated as the Central Nodal Agency to manage the technical and operational functions of the ‘Online Cyber-Crime Reporting Portal’ through which any citizen can lodge a complaint or upload a video clip as evidence of crime related to child pornography, rape/gang rape.
- The NCRB has also launched CyTrain, a portal for online training of different stakeholders in cybercrime investigations and prosecution.
- The Central Finger Print Bureau under the NCRB is a national repository of all fingerprints in the country.
- NCRB also compiles and publishes National Crime Statistics i.e. Crime in India, Accidental Deaths & Suicides, and also Prison Statistics.
