Fixing the Process
Subhashis Mittra
Government to enhance forensic capabilities in the country
The Union home ministry is going full steam towards
establishing a National Forensic Science University (NFSU) in every major state
and a mobile forensic van in every district. With the help of forensic science,
India will soon rank among the leading countries in the world in terms of
conviction rate.
According to Union
home minister Amit Shah, 16 campuses of the NFSU have been approved, seven have
been established, and a few are in process. An NFSU college will be set up in
every major state to ensure the availability of trained manpower, he said,
noting that from the 26 campuses across the country, 36,000 students will
graduate annually with degrees, diplomas, and PhDs to meet the country’s
requirement of 30,000 trained professionals per year. In this way, the task of
creating human resources as per the requirement has been completed in advance.
Nine more NFSU
campuses will be built at a cost of Rs 1,300 crore, while seven new Central
Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) will be established at a cost of Rs 860
crore in Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and
Bihar.
The ministry of
home affairs (MHA) has supported the forensic science infrastructure of the
states and a Rs 2,080 crore plan is being introduced for the modernisation of
forensic capabilities. Besides, a National Forensic Data Centre will be
established at a cost of Rs 200 crore.
Shah recently laid
the foundation stone of the NFSU and CFSL campus in Raipur (Chhattisgarh), and
virtually inaugurated the temporary campus of NFSU-Raipur. The establishment of
NFSU and CFSL in New Raipur will strengthen the criminal justice system not
only in Chhattisgarh but across entire central India. The i-Hub initiative
launched in Chhattisgarh will prove to be a milestone in developing interest
and entrepreneurial spirit among the youth of the state toward startups. The
i-Hub will act as a bridge for the youth by providing support in startups—from
technology and marketing to contracts—as well as helping them access financial
assistance.
With the full
implementation of the three new laws, India’s criminal justice system is set to
become the most modern, swift, and scientific in the world. These three
initiatives will, in the coming days, serve as a foundation for the entire
criminal justice system of central India.
The home minister said that the Chhattisgarh government has done commendable work to ensure full impl
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