Overview
- At the NCRB All India Fingerprint Conference on June 19, 2026, Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled four new applications—Abhigyan, CrPI, e-Prosecution 2.0 and e-Forensics 2.0—to streamline investigations and prosecutions.
- Abhigyan links portable fingerprint scanners to the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS), with a demonstration showing matches from the field to the central database in about 35 seconds.
- The government set an explicit goal to complete the full criminal justice process from FIR to conviction and appeals within three years and is working with the Supreme Court and High Courts on a blueprint to cut case pendency, including proposals for evening courts.
- Officials stressed rapid enrichment of national datasets and practical training while naming states as responsible for evidence collection and data security; current databases include about 1.29 crore fingerprint records and CCTNS coverage across all 17,840 police stations.
- Officials say AI and machine‑learning analytics and state-level specialised teams will follow to turn records into intelligence, a change that could speed prosecutions but will raise questions about privacy, oversight and legal limits on biometric checks.