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Union Home Minister Amit Shah connected Friday (December 26, 2025) launched 2 databases — the Organised Crime Network Database and the Weapons Database for lost, looted & recovered arms — hosted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The databases are meant to beryllium utilized by instrumentality enforcement agencies crossed the country.
The Home Minister said a caller program to motorboat "a 360-degree battle connected organised crime" would beryllium brought successful the coming days, and that these databases would signifier "a halfway plus of the zero-terror policy."
Mr. Shah made the remarks portion inaugurating the Anti-Terrorism Conference 2025, organised by the NIA connected Friday (December 26), erstwhile helium besides unveiled the NIA's updated transgression manual, too the 2 databases.
Addressing the two-day league attended by apical constabulary and cardinal agencies officers from crossed the country, Shah highlighted links betwixt organised criminals and terrorists.
"Organised transgression networks initially run for the intent of ransom and extortion, but erstwhile their leaders fly overseas and settee there, they automatically travel into interaction with violent organisations and past usage the proceeds from ransom and extortion to dispersed coercion wrong the country," helium said, according to a statement.
Every authorities must, nether the guidance of the NIA and CBI, with the practice of the IB, and by utilising this database, destruct it wrong their jurisdiction, Shah said.
He said that everyone should determination guardant with the rule of 'Duty to Share' alternatively of 'Need to Know.' Central agencies and authorities constabulary person made bully usage of exertion astatine their level, but exertion developed successful silos and information collected successful silos are similar a weapon without bullets, the connection quoted him arsenic saying.
Shah said it is amended if each information tin pass with each different and are created utilizing the aforesaid technology.
"For this purpose, the Ministry of Home Affairs, NIA, and IB should clasp discussions to make a seamless national-level model for exertion and data, and should enactment the states successful strengthening it," helium said.
The curate said the database of terrorists and criminals should beryllium made a halfway plus of the zero-terror policy.
Shah said helium expects the manager generals of constabulary to instrumentality the database model successful missive and spirit.
In the coming days, Shah said, the state would bring a program to motorboat a "360-degree battle connected organised crime." The location curate said a caller modular of coordination, cooperation, and connection has been developed among the DGP Conference, Security Strategy Conference, N-CORD meetings, and the Anti-Terror Conference.
"We cannot presumption these 4 pillars successful isolation; moving done them arsenic a communal thread is the Anti-Terrorism Conference," Shah said.
