{"id":109192,"date":"2026-06-21T13:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T07:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=109192"},"modified":"2026-06-21T14:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:41:16","slug":"abhigyan-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/abhigyan-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Abhigyan App"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Abhigyan App Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Home Minister launched the Abhigyan app in New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Abhigyan App<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>centralised platform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> created to support law enforcement in making better use of crime-related data.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developed by the <\/span><b>National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Abhigyan App<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It enables field police personnel to <\/span><b>access a vast repository of criminal<\/b> <b>records directly on their smartphones.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>secured with two-step authentication<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and allows <\/span><b>real-time fingerprint identification<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within seconds, strengthening ground-level policing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is equipped with features such as <\/span><b>fast identification, portability, and access to millions of records.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The app is linked to the <\/span><b>National Automated Fingerprint Identification System<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NAFIS), which stores fingerprint scans of accused, convicts, and those in prisons on a centralised platform.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A demonstration of the app showed that prints can be matched with the NAFIS database in 35 seconds.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-crime-records-bureau\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Crime Records Bureau<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was established in 1986 to act as a repository of <\/span><b>information on crime and criminals.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was set up based on the <\/span><b>recommendations of the Tandon Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the National Police Commission (1977-1981) and the Task Force of the Home Ministry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nodal Ministry:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New Delhi.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2275306&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abhigyan App is a centralised platform created to support law enforcement in making better use of crime-related data. 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