7 days ago
Assam leads in adopting NATGRID for peace and security: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam
chief minister Himanta Biswa sarma said that Assam is at the forefront of adopting the latest solutions to ensure that peace prevails in the State. Between January and June, the State has emerged as one of the top performers in usage of the
NATGRID
solution for intelligence purposes.
The
National Intelligence Grid
or NATGRID is an integrated intelligence database structure to
counterterrorism
.
Sarma shared the letter of Chief Executive officer National Intelligence Grid Piyush Goyal ix X, ' Assam is at the forefront of adopting the latest solutions to ensure that peace prevails in the State. Between January and June, the State has emerged as one of the top performers in usage of the NATGRID solution for intelligence purposes. Commendations to @assampolice.'
The letter stated, 'Kindly refer to the directions of the Union Home Minister during the 59h DGsP/IGsP Conference held on 3Oth November. / 1st December 2024 for ensuring effective usage of data available with NATGRID including by district SPs. Based on the subsequent DO letters from the home secretary undersigned in this regard, training sessions were organized by NATGRID for onboarding of new users. With collaborative efforts, many new users have started using the system proactively and there has been a significant increase in the usage of NATGRID solution'.
The letter stated, 'I would like to highlight & commend the consistent usage of NATGRID solution by Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Assam, which are the top performers for the period January - June 2025. Besides these States, I would also like to appreciate the efforts made by Tamil Nadu which enhanced (the number of active users who have fired at least one query in a month) by four times in June 2025 with the resultant significant increase in their usage of the system as well'.
The letter added, 'I take this opportunity to request DGsP of all the States / UTS, especially where the usage is yet to pick up significantly, to increase the number of active users and encourage them to effectively utilise the NATGRID solution. This may please be reviewed in your meetings periodically. NATGRID is continuing to augment more features / functionalities in the solution and conducting regular training / feedback sessions with Nodal Officers of UAs. NATGRID can additionally organise dedicated training sessions for your officers based on your request. I would also appreciate it if success stories/ feedback on the utility of NATGRID solution are shared with us'.
