Home Minister Shah Inaugurates National IED Data Management System
New Delhi: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah, today inaugurated the National IED Data Management System (NIDMS) of the National Security Guard (NSG) in New Delhi through video conferencing. The event was attended by senior officials, including the Union Home Secretary, Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Director General of NSG, and Director Generals of Central Armed Police Forces and state police forces.
Amit Shah said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the last six years, significant work has been done to generate various types of data and collect it in a systematic manner. He said that NIDMS will prove to be an important milestone in making the country safe from terrorism.
The system will provide a two-way comprehensive, integrated, and online data platform to NIA, Anti-Terrorism Squads (ATS) across the country, state police forces, and all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs). Data related to any explosion or IED incident occurring at any location can be included in this system. By utilising this data, necessary guidance can be obtained during investigations in every state.
NIDMS will enable accurate and organized analysis of bomb explosion-related incidents across the country, strengthening the process of collecting, standardizing, integrating, and securely sharing IED-related data. This platform will serve as a single-click access window for data scattered across different case files for investigation agencies and anti-terror organizations.
The database available with NSG contains data related to all bomb explosions from 1999 till now. Through NIDMS, this data will now be made available to police forces across the country and relevant agencies. NIDMS will become a robust platform for accurately analysing the patterns of bomb explosions that have occurred in the country so far, the modus operandi (MO), and the explosives used.
Amit Shah said that NIDMS is a secure national digital platform through which accurate and organized analysis of bomb explosion-related incidents across the country can be conducted. This platform will strengthen the process of collecting, standardizing, integrating, and securely sharing IED-related data.
The Home Minister said that with the help of AI, NIDMS will connect with other data sources to create a strong security grid in the country. Nearly 100 per cent of the country’s police stations – around 17,741 – are connected to CCTNS, making their online data available. ICJS-2 is emerging as a next-generation data-sharing system based on the concept of ‘One Data–One Entry’. NIDMS will also be added to this system.
Amit Shah said that NSG is a strong pillar of our country’s internal security. Due to the valour, unique skills and unwavering dedication of NSG personnel, our citizens are able to sleep peacefully. The NSG was established in 1984, and since then, irrespective of the nature of any incident, it has continuously analyzed terrorist incidents across the world and has kept itself fully prepared to deal with every type of situation.
