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Maharashtra e-way plan to ensure citizens' safety perception

The state government is also establishing its own Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) to respond to digital security threats faster, and act against objectionable content online.

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A system for e-registration of police complaints will be launched soon
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Citizens may soon be able to get a realistic assessment of the law and order situation in Maharashtra with the state government planning to launch an 'index of safety perception.'

By next year, the state home department will also launch e-registration of police complaints across the state to do away with instances where officials refuse to entertain complainants. Presently, the system is operational in Mumbai.

The state government is also establishing its own Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) to respond to digital security threats faster, and act against objectionable content online.

"We will create an index of safety perception and check it annually," said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was speaking in the state legislative council on Friday, adding that figures in the index would be tabled before the legislature.

Fadnavis, while responding to a discussion on the law and order situation in Maharashtra, said a pilot project had been launched in Pune for e-registration of complaints, which will be extended to Maharashtra the next year.

The system will help do away with problems like disputes that arise between police stations over jurisdiction, and refusal of officials to entertain complaints.

The state also uses technology to keep a check on crimes. After linking all police stations to the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), it created a fingerprint database of criminals to gauge if an arrested accused was wanted for crimes in any other police station.

To respond faster to digital security threats and act against objectionable content that is put up online, the state government is also establishing its own Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).

"The state will create its own CERT. We have the necessary approvals in place," said Fadnavis. He added that earlier, in case of cyber security-related incidents, they had to approach the central government's CERT. "The number of digital crimes is on the rise, but digitisation is also increasing," said Fadnavis, adding that they had launched cyber labs in all districts on August 15 to handle cyber crimes.

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