Question: When was the National Crime Records Bureau set up?
(a) 1967
(b) 1977
(c) 1987
(d) 1986
Ans: (d)
- A two day Conference of Directors of Fingerprint Bureaux (FPBx) is being organized at Haryana Police Academy Madhuban, Karnal, Haryana by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in joint collaboration with Haryana Police on March 30-31, 2017.
- The conference is expected to be attended by more than 100 delegates from various FPBx. Senior officials of National Crime Records Bureau and States/ UT Police would participate in the conference.
- Latest developments, research papers, capacity building, R&D, administrative matters concerning various FPBx, and other related legal issues of Fingerprints would be deliberated in the two day conference. A few research papers will also be presented by universities of Punjab & Delhi.
- It’s notable that NCRB was set-up in 1986 to function as a repository of information on crime and criminals so as to assist the investigators in linking crime to the perpetrators.
- It was set up based on the recommendation of the Task force and National Police Commission by merging the Directorate of Coordination and Police Computer (DCPC), Statistical Branch of BPR&D, Inter State Criminals Data Branch of CBI and Central Finger Print Bureau of CBI.
- The Central Finger Print Bureau (CFPB) came into existence in the year 1955 at Kolkata. The CFPB is an apex body in the country which coordinates, guides, monitors and provides technical support to the State Finger Print Bureaux, as well as investigating agencies and international organizations like INTERPOL.
- It maintains the records of 10-digit fingerprint slips of convicted persons and those belonging to specified categories (repository of over one million digitized 10 digit finger print slips).
Reference:
http://ncrb.nic.in/Flyers/ncrbFlyer2017.pdf
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=160109