An amount of Rs.45 Crores spent for E-policing in Odisha

An amount of Rs.45 Crores
spent for E-policing in Odisha
With much
fanfare,  the  Chief Minister of Odisha  inaugurated E-policing
in Odisha in October 2015 declaring  that hence the people 
will  find opportunity to file  complaint/FIR  on-line to get
their cases registered  in police station.  RTI Application was
submitted to the Department of Home, Govt. of Odisha seeking information about
details of decision taken with regard to E-policing in Odisha including copy of
the file noting, total fund sanctioned and expenditure made, the name of
the agency given the responsibility for developing portal et.  The PIO,
office of Ofisha Police State Crime Records Bureau, Bhubaneswar supplied the
information on 17.12.15 which is as follows.
A.      No file noting on
decision taken about E-policing in Odisha is available  in this office as
Crime and criminal Tracking Network & System (CCTNS) project is a Central
Government sponsored Mission Mode Project under the National E-Governance Plan which
aims to fully modernise  the police organisation in the country. CCTNS
aims at creating a comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the
efficiency and effectiveness of policing through adopting of principle of
e-governance and creating of a nationwide networking infrastructure for
evolution of IT enabled state-of-art tracking system around “investigation of
crime and detection of criminal”. Though this project, the police will maintain
all its crime and criminal date in online system. The CCTNS is an effort to
modernise the police force giving priority to information gathering and its
dissemination through police organisations and units across the country. CCTNS
would bring a paradigm change in the way investigation of cases is monitored.
 
B.      The State Crime
Records Bureau (SCRB), Odisha  Bhubaneswar has been designated  as
the Nodal-cum-implementation agency in Odisha. A multi-tier governance
structure  has been put in place at state level to ensure 
appropriate direction  and monitoring at all levels. CCTNS will cover 579
police stations, 166 Higher Police offices, office of Commissionerate police,
Crime Branch, EOW, STF, State Intelligence Organisations, State Police
Organisations, State police headquarters of Odisha. Necessary hardware and software
are being provided at these locations  & State Data centre  has
been established at Odisha Computer Application Centre   ( OCAC) to
host  the CCTNS application. All these locations are connected by
providing appropriate BSNL connectivity for data transfer and sharing of
information among various stake-holders. Digitalisation of case records and
other records of the police stations  for the last 10 years is in
progress.  
C.      Total amount of  Rs.49,76,15,000.00  fund  has
been approved  for Odisha CCTNS project by the Central Government 
out of which  the Central Govt. has sanctioned  Rs. 
35,36,36,000.00  and  state
Govt. has allocated  
Rs. 10,08,21,091.00.
D.     Rs. 30,29,59,028.00  from Central
fund allotment  has been made expenditure for the project work 
including developing portal  for the same  under CCTNS project by the
State Govt

Rs. 10,08,21,091.00
  from State Fund allotment 
has been made  expenditure for the project work towards other critical
components  under CCTNS project.  
E.      M/S NIIT Technologies
Private Limited  as system integrator (SI)  has been given
responsibility for implementation of CCTNS project through the bid
process  vide the contract signed  on 12.7.2012 with a value of 
Rs.42,71,00,000.00  for a period of
48 months for the work.
F.       M/S Deloitte Touch
Tohmatsu India Private Limited  being empanelled stakeholder  as
selected  by the Ministry of Home Affairs  (MHA)  to act as
State Project Management Unit (SPMU)  of the CCTNS  project, Odisha
vide contract signed on 6.10.12. with a value of Rs
. 3,63,38,980.00 for a period of
36 months.
G.     Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited ( BSNL), India being signed Memorandum of Agreement ( MOA)  by the
Ministry of Home Affairs ( MHA) . BSNL, Odisha circle , Bhubaneswar has been
give the responsibility  of connectivity ( broadband)  vide the
service level agreement  signed on 2.1.2012  for CCTNS project with a
value of 
Rs. 4,40,98,604.00 for 48 months
for the said work.
H.     Details of State Govt.
fund allocation and expenditure  as on 30.10.15   
Component
Allotment (in Rs.)
Expenditure made (in Rs.)
Balance ( in Rs.)
All surrendered
Table & Chair
46,09,330
46,08,930
400
MS office License
1,60,48,000
1,60,07,294
40,706
Data Digitization
39,64,000
NIL
39,64,000
Higher office
9,84,000
6,00,788
3,83,212
EMS
1,83,71,000
1,32,99,660
50,71,340
UPS
60,80,000
50,84,960
9,95,040
Cisco Switch
4,62,000
48,800
4,13,200
Networking
2,72,16,000
27,01,959
2,45,14,041
Solar power
6,57,23,700
5,84,68,700
72,55,000
Total
14,34,58,030
10,08,21,091
4,26,36,939
I.        Details of Central fund
allocation and expenditure  as on 30.10.15
 Component
Allotment
Expenditure
Balance
SPMC
93,75,000
93,75,000
OO
CB (Training)
54,48,000
54,48,000
OO
SI/SPMU
29,52,09,000
24,26,72,589
5,25,36,411
Network
97,04,000
97,04,000
00
Interest earned
1,84,10,174.85
18,59,439 ( for audit, SPMU, SMS-NIC_
1,65,50,735
Others
2,50,000
Total
35,36,36,000
30,10,99,589
6,93,37,146
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482

Date- 24.12.15