Parliament Question: Modernizaiton of Forensic Capacities

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1483 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29TH JULY, 2025/ SRAVANA 7, 1947 (SAKA) MODERNIZATION OF FORENSIC CAPACITIES

1483. THIRU D M KATHIR ANAND:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has increased its allocation for improving the CCTNS scheme and modernization of Forensic capacities in various States and if so, the details of the funds allocated during the last ten years, State- wise;

(b) whether it is true that the Government has approved funds for modernization of State police forces but have spent a meagre amount during the last three years; and

(c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)

(a): Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) facilitates collection, updation and analysis of data related to crime and criminals. The implementation of the CCTNS Project was completed on March 31, 2018.

Further, under Inter Operable Criminal Justice System 2.0 (ICJS 2.0) Project, Ministry of Home Affairs has allocated funds to all States/UTs for upgradation of IT infrastructure, network connectivity, creating awareness and Capacity Building for Forensics, Police, Prison and-2- L.S.US.Q.NO. 1483 FOR 29.07.2025 Prosecution units of States/UTs. NCRB is the Nodal Agency for the implementation of ICJS 2.0 Project. Details of the funds approved to the States/UTs is given in Annexure-I.

The Scheme for Modernization of Forensic Capacities have been approved with a total financial outlay of Rs. 2080.5 Crore for the period 2021-22 to 2025-2026. Under the scheme, assistance is available to States/ Union Territories to develop high quality forensic science facilities for modernization of machinery and equipment including mobile forensic vans and facilitating availability of trained manpower in these laboratories through expansion of educational facilities for forensic science in the country. The details of the funds approved so far to the States/UTs under these components is enclosed at Annexure II.

In addition to the above, Projects of 30 States/UTs to the tune of ₹245.29 crore have been approved under the Nirbhaya funded scheme for Strengthening of DNA Analysis and Cyber Forensic Capacities in State Forensic Science Laboratories. The details of the funds approved so far to the States/UTs under these components is enclosed at Annexure III.-3- L.S.US.Q.NO. 1483 FOR 29.07.2025

(b) and (c): ‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects as per the seventh Schedule to the Constitution. However, the efforts of the States for equipping and modernizing their police forces has been supplemented under the scheme of “Assistance to States & UTs for Modernization of Police (ASUMP)” {erstwhile Scheme of Modernization of State Police Forces (MPF)}. The Government has released funds to the tune of ₹ 206.14 crore under the scheme in the last three years.

Fund releases in a scheme are based on submission of Utilization Certificate (UCs) and meeting the eligibility criteria by the respective State and UT, as per the guidelines for release of funds issued by the Department of Expenditure from time to time.

*****L.S.US.Q.NO. 1483 FOR 29.07.2025 Annexure-I mentioned in Para (a) in Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1483 for answer on 29.07.2025 regarding Modernization of Forensic Capacities Fund Allocation under ICJS 2.0 to States/UTs S. No State/UT Grand Total (Amount in ₹ Crore ) 1 ANDHRA PRADESH

97.87 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH

8.40 3 ASSAM

30.26 4 BIHAR

82.14 5 CHHATTISGARH

30.61 6 GOA

5.24 7 GUJARAT

55.50 8 HARYANA

33.70 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH

11.08 10 JHARKHAND

46.18 11 KARNATAKA

89.22 12 KERALA

45.72 13 MADHYA PRADESH

100.43 14 MAHARASTHRA

116.03 15 MANIPUR

8.95 16 MEGHALAYA

7.76 17 MIZORAM

4.56 18 NAGALAND

4.51 19 ODISHA

45.65 20 PUNJAB

24.65 21 RAJASTHAN

103.83 22 SIKKIM

3.44 23 TAMILNADU

128.17 24 TELANGANA

49.79 25 TRIPURA

10.07 26 UTTAR PRADESH

165.95 27 UTTARAKHAND

16.40 28 WEST BENGAL

58.98 29 ANDMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS

2.08 30 CHANDIGARH

2.10 31 DADAR & NAGAR HAVELI

1.64 32 DELHI

25.57 33 JAMMU & KASHMIR

24.63 34 LADAKH

1.44 35 LAKSHADWEEP

1.41 36 PUDUCHERRY

4.56 Total 1448.54L.S.US.Q.NO. 1483 FOR 29.07.2025 Annexure-II mentioned in Para (a) in Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1483 for answer on 29.07.2025 regarding Modernization of Forensic Capacities Approved Fund for Approved Fund for Sl. Modernization / State / UT Mobile Forensic No. Upgradation of FSLs (₹ in Vans (₹ in crore) crore) 1 Andhra Pradesh 0 16.9 2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.5 3.25 3 Assam 0 25.35 4 A & N Islands 0.6 1.3 5 Bihar 0 0 6 Chandigarh Police 0 1.3 7 Chhattisgarh 6.52 21.45 8 Delhi Police 0 9.72 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and 9 0 1.95 Daman & Diu Police 10 Goa 2.9166 1.3 11 Gujarat 8.27 5 12 Himachal Pradesh 1.65 3.9 13 J&K FSL 21.117 14.95 14 Karnataka 9.572 20.8 15 Kerala 6.0482 12.35 16 Ladakh 0 1.3 17 Madhya Pradesh 10.05 36.94 18 Maharashtra 5.9 0 19 Manipur 6.1651 7.8 20 Meghalaya 3 7.8 21 Mizoram 6.13 4.818 22 Nagaland 7.4207 7.8 23 Odisha 0 23.4 24 Puducherry 1.105 1.95 25 Rajasthan 22.2 36.4 26 Sikkim 0.8 0 27 Tamil Nadu 26.72 30.55 28 Telangana 10.4163 17.87 29 Tripura 2.145 3.25 30 Uttar Pradesh 42.25 0 31 Uttarakhand 5.93 3.9 32 West Bengal 8.231 20.8 Total 215.6569 344.098

Note: It may be noted that projects have been approved for the States / UTs, however, funds have not been released in most of the cases as funds under this component would be released in a Just-in-Time manner upon receipt of request from the States / UTs to avoid parking of funds.L.S.US.Q.NO. 1483 FOR 29.07.2025 Annexure-III mentioned in Para (a) in Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1483 for answer on 29.07.2025 regarding Modernization of Forensic Capacities Funds approved for strengthening of DNA Analysis and Cyber Forensic Capacities in State FSLs under Nirbhaya Funded Scheme S. No. States/UTs Approved Fund (in ₹ cr) 1 Arunachal Pradesh 3.46 2 Assam 4.5 3 Bihar 6.12 4 Chhattisgarh 3.516 5 Goa 7.53 6 Gujarat 2.43 7 Haryana 14.0564 8 Himachal Pradesh 7.29 9 Jammu & Srinagar FSL 10.62 10 Jharkhand 6.65 11 Karnataka 13.96 12 Kerala 6.5 13 Madhya Pradesh 8.66 14 Maharashtra 53.7 15 Manipur 4.95 16 Meghalaya 3.543 17 Mizoram 4.19 18 Nagaland 5.45 19 Odisha 12.57 20 Punjab 7.98 21 Rajasthan 6.28 22 Tamil Nadu 4.87 23 Telangana 5.96 24 Tripura 2.11 25 Uttar Pradesh 15.51 26 Uttarakhand 4.96 27 West Bengal 4.78 28 Delhi (UT) 2 29 Puducherry 6.79 30 A&N Islands 4.36 Total 245.2954 ******