Posted: 13 Feb 2010 03:23 AM PST
Government of India is setting up a national intelligence grid called NATGRID.It is a brainchild of Home Minister P Chidambaram. This NATGRID will be fully set up by May 2011 where each individual's data ranging from land records, Internet logs, phone records, gun records, driving license, property records, insurance, and income tax records would be available in real time and with no oversight.
NATGRID & UID:
The government believes that UID project may not be enough to eliminate the risks of terror on the domestic front. NATGRID is currently awaiting the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Security.With a UID from the Unique Identification Authority of India being given to every Indian from February 2011, the government would be able track people in real time. A national population registry of all citizens will be established by the 2011 census, during which fingerprints and iris scans would be taken along with GPS records of each household.
Basic Idea:
The basic idea of the government is to network 21 available databases across government and private agencies to 'flag potential terrorist threats.
Basic Idea:
The basic idea of the government is to network 21 available databases across government and private agencies to 'flag potential terrorist threats.
How it will work?
These databases will be linked to enable security and intelligence agencies get any information at the press of a button under the National Intelligence Grid. Only 11 selected government agencies will be able to access the grid and a special mechanism will prevent any leakage of data. As such, the raw data will reside with the provider agencies and will be readily available to NATGRID, as it will only take abstracted and approved subsets of information from the original databases.
The eleven agencies who will have access to the database include the Intelligence Bureau, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Military Intelligence, Revenue Intelligence, National Intelligence Agency and National Security Council. Personnel from these agencies will be work with NATGRID to liaison with their parent organisations and guide them in usage of the data generated.
The new system is being designed to help the government agencies combat terror and threats to internal security by generating "actionable" intelligence through search and retrieval from the networked databases. The grid will have a command centre that will double up as an anti-terror hot line and will have an international connect to network with data available in other countries that is useful to keep a tab on suspects.
Who is Captain Raghu Raman:
In 2009 Mahindra Special Services Group CEO Captain Raghu Raman had been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) project to strengthen the intelligence sharing and analysing mechanism in the country.He has been hired on a 18 month contract and enjoys the perks of a joint secretary.
Captain Raghu Raman is a Former Soldier and during his 10 year stint with the forces he spent time battling counter-insurgency in Punjab, leading troops in active operations in Siachen Glacier, as a UN Peace Keeper in Angola and finally as an instructor teaching tactics and leadership to young officers in the School of Armored Warfare.
The eleven agencies who will have access to the database include the Intelligence Bureau, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Military Intelligence, Revenue Intelligence, National Intelligence Agency and National Security Council. Personnel from these agencies will be work with NATGRID to liaison with their parent organisations and guide them in usage of the data generated.
The new system is being designed to help the government agencies combat terror and threats to internal security by generating "actionable" intelligence through search and retrieval from the networked databases. The grid will have a command centre that will double up as an anti-terror hot line and will have an international connect to network with data available in other countries that is useful to keep a tab on suspects.
Who is Captain Raghu Raman:
In 2009 Mahindra Special Services Group CEO Captain Raghu Raman had been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) project to strengthen the intelligence sharing and analysing mechanism in the country.He has been hired on a 18 month contract and enjoys the perks of a joint secretary.
Captain Raghu Raman is a Former Soldier and during his 10 year stint with the forces he spent time battling counter-insurgency in Punjab, leading troops in active operations in Siachen Glacier, as a UN Peace Keeper in Angola and finally as an instructor teaching tactics and leadership to young officers in the School of Armored Warfare.
