NATGRID is a central agency that aims to have an integrated intelligence grid that will link and store sensitive personal information on citizens from different government agencies for counter-terror investigations. It was established to bolster India‟s counter-terrorism capabilities by combining 21 sensitive databases of personal information related to various domains.
The domains are banks, credit cards, cellphone usage, immigration records, motor vehicle registrations, Income Tax records and National Crime Records Bureau.
The single database will be accessed by authorised officers from 10 central agencies like IB, IB, R&AW, CBI, ED and DRI.
Thus it is essentially a data transfer tool that seeks to give investigators a 360 degree profile of a suspect.
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