Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah inaugurated two-day National Security Strategies (NSS) Conference 2022, on August 17 in New Delhi.
- During the conference, Union Home Minister inaugurated the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) .
- NAFIS is developed by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which would help in the quick and easy disposal of cases with the help of a centralised fingerprint database.
- In April 2022, Madhya Pradesh became the first state in the country to identify a deceased person through NAFIS.
- Conceptualized and managed by the NCRB at the Central Fingerprint Bureau (CFPB) in New Delhi, the National Automated Fingerprints Identification System (NAFIS) project is a country-wide searchable database of crime- and criminal-related fingerprints.
- The web-based application functions as a central information repository by consolidating fingerprint data from all states and Union Territories.
- NAFIS enables law enforcement agencies to upload, trace, and retrieve data from the database in real time on a 24×7 basis.
- NAFIS assigns a unique 10-digit National Fingerprint Number (NFN) to each person arrested for a crime.
- This unique ID will be used for the person’s lifetime, and different crimes registered under different FIRs will be linked to the same NFN.
- The 2020 report states that the ID’s first two digits will be that of the state code in which the person arrested for a crime is registered, followed by a sequence number.
(Sources: PIB and Indian Express)
