New Delhi, Decmber 31: The Ministry of Home Affairs along with Intelligence Bureau is considering to extend the connectivity of this Subsidiary Multi- Agency Centre to the district level for which the IB has already identified some districts.
The Union Home Ministry had shared a detailed report on the this plan to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on MHA headed by the Congress MP Anand Sharma, which has already submitted its report to the Rajya Sabha.
The Ministry informed the Parliamentary panel that a total of 374 locations were added in two phases. In phase III, the network is being extended to 475 districts selected in consultation with state police and so far, 451 districts have been identified for providing the required connectivity.
Out of 451 districts, 174 locations have already connected with the system & once the phase III gets completed, 825 locations would come under the umbrella of the MAC in days to come.
It further said that every day the MAC gathers, collates, stores, shares and disseminates about 150 inputs to concerned agencies besides issuing special alerts. These inputs are broadly categorized under four heads Kashmir, North-East, Left Wing Extremism, and Rest of India with the Naxal-related inputs form the largest proportion of the inputs, reflecting the spread of the problem across several states.
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