National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID)

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Context

The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) campus in Bengaluru was launched by Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah.
11 central agencies and police departments from all states and union territories will be able to use the NATGRID technology.
It will connect user agencies with data owners, allowing them to access real-time data for intelligence and investigative purposes.

About NATGRID

After the Mumbai terrorist assault in 2009, the project was launched with a budget of Rs. 2,800 crores.
The terrorist attack on Mumbai on November 26, 2008, revealed the fact that security services lacked a method to search for important intelligence in real time.
It is envisioned as a unified and secure database for information on terrorists, financial crimes, and other situations that will aid India's capacities.
With real-time data and access to secret information like as immigration, banking, individual taxes, aviation and rail travel, it is envisioned as a powerful method to follow suspects and prevent terrorist strikes.

What are the mandate and features?

It is required by law to gather and combine a variety of data from government databases, including tax and bank account information, credit card transactions, visa and immigration records, rail and air travel itineraries, and so on.
It's an online database for bringing disparate bits of information together on a single platform.
It connects intelligence and investigative agencies and is excluded from the Right to Information Act of 2005 under Section 24(2).
It will use Big Data and data analytics technology to study and analyse massive volumes of data from various intelligence and law enforcement organisations in order to assist in the tracking of suspects in various situations as needed.
It plans to implement an EVA (Entity Extraction, Visualization, and Analytics) system.