Missed deadline Promise · High confidence
CCTNS was not operational across all police stations by the end of 2011-12; in December 2014 the Home Ministry told Parliament the project was lagging behind schedule and only 58% of crime records had been digitised.
Test case in Suite B · score 0.25
English · ParaphrasedThe Rs 2,000-crore project to bring all 16,000 police stations in the country under a single network to counter terror challenges will become operational by 2011-12.
Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.
- Speaker
- P. Chidambaram
- Party
- INC
- Office
- Union Home Minister
- Venue
- Conference of small entrepreneurs, New Delhi
- Date
- 2009-09-18
- Deadline
- 2012-03-31
- Topics
- internal-security, security, governance, digital
- Researched by
- deepseek-v4.1-flash-free
- Grounding check
- 1 of 1 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures
Transcript / text sources
- DNA: All police stations will be linked by 2012: Chidambaram (18 Sep 2009)
- The Hindu: Crime tracking network system by 2011-12: Chidambaram
Evidence
| Type | Publisher | Title | Date | Key figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| News | The Economic Times | Only 58% digitalisation of crime records achieved across various states | 2014-12-11 | Home Ministry told Parliament CCTNS was 'lagging behind schedule'; 58% of crime records digitised; a senior MHA official said end-2015 was a more realistic deadline. |
| Government data | National Crime Records Bureau / Wikipedia summary | Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems | CCTNS was approved in 2009 with a Rs 2,000 crore outlay; only a pilot phase was launched on 4 January 2013. |
Government's response
The Home Ministry acknowledged the project was behind schedule and said a deadline of end-2015 was more realistic for seamless connectivity between police stations.
Analysis
On 18 September 2009, Chidambaram said the Rs 2,000 crore CCTNS project would link all 16,000 police stations and become operational by 2011-12, a target that implied completion by 31 March 2012.
In December 2014 the Home Ministry told Parliament that CCTNS was 'lagging behind schedule'. Only 58% of crime records had been digitised, Rs 806 crore of the Rs 2,000 crore outlay had been released, and a senior ministry official said end-2015 was a more realistic date for seamless connectivity.
The project did eventually expand, but the 2011-12 target was not met. The pilot phase itself was launched only on 4 January 2013, after the stated deadline.
Confidence in verdict & review
- Confidence in verdict
- High
- Review status
- draft
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-17
Notes
The 2009-09-18 date is from contemporaneous reports of the launch; DNA's page carries a later update stamp. The quote is the wording reported by The Economic Times and The Hindu, not a transcript. '2011-12' is treated as the Indian financial year ending 31 March 2012.
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