Information & Technology,Information & Technology sector projects by Ministry of Home Affairs in

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Ministry of Home Affairs

Under steps to improve public emergency response in India, the central government is setting up an integrated location-based emergency response system for the communities The Indian Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a proposal by the Ministry of Home Affairs to establish an Integrated Computer-Aided Dispatch platform. The system looks to effectively and efficiently respond to emergency calls by the public, and integrate with other emergency services such as medical, fire and disaster management. With the recent rise in reports of violence against women in India, special attention has been given to improving public emergency response systems. This project taps into the ‘Nirbhaya Fund’ which was set up in 2013 to support initiatives towards ensuring the safety of women. The dispatch platform will include GIS-based call response and GPS-based police vehicle dispatch system. The system will track alarms generated by panic buttons, landlines, mobiles and mobile applications and the appropriate emergency response units will be dispatched to attend calls. With control rooms to be setup in 114 cities and districts nationwide, the project aims to cover 32.6 per cent of the total population or 391 million people. This will include highly crime prone areas and cities with population of over a million. The project involves a total cost of INR 3.21 billion (US$ 52 million) of which INR 153 million (US$ 2.5 million) has been set aside for central monitoring and evaluation of the project. The response system will be integrated with the existing Police Dial 100 system for seamless operation and coordination between various agencies. It will also be integrated with the Crime and Criminal Tracking and Networking System, and State Service Delivery Gateways. The system will follow scalability and interoperability guidelines set by the Department of Information Technology. It aims to demonstrate capabilities of the Next Generation 9-1-1 network standards that have been established in United States and Canada, allowing dynamic identification of caller location. It also looks to allow data exchange between emergency call centres, dispatch centres, and police, fire, medical and disaster management command centres. The project will be implemented in stages over a period of nine months, followed by an operations and maintenance period of five years. It can be subsequently migrated to a single central emergency response number, said an official release by the Government.

INR 321 Crore /-

Conceptual Stage

Not Specified

India

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