Why in the News?

Union Home Minister Amit Shah virtually inaugurated the National IED Data Management System (NIDMS) at the National Security Guard garrison in Manesar, calling it a next generation shield against terrorism.

What is NIDMS

• A national online digital platform and centralised repository of data related to Improvised Explosive Device (IED) incidents
• Designed to support investigation, pattern analysis, and deterrence strategies against terror attacks
• Provides single click access to IED related data across India

• Nodal Agency: National Security Guard (NSG)
• Launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs

Key Objectives

• Strengthen counter terrorism investigations
• Identify patterns in modus operandi and explosives
• Enable scientific and evidence based prosecution
• Improve inter agency coordination

Key Features

• Two way data platform
  • Agencies can upload fresh IED incident data
  • Agencies can access historical data
• Comprehensive database: Chronicles all bomb blasts since 1999
• One nation one data repository: Uniform access for central and state agencies
• Fully secure national digital platform
• Enables standardisation, integration, and secure sharing of IED data

Agencies Covered

• National Investigation Agency
• State Anti Terrorism Squads
• Central Armed Police Forces
• State and Union Territory police forces
• Intelligence and investigation agencies

Integration with Other Security Databases

NIDMS will interlink with existing national security platforms:

• CCTNS connecting over 17,700 police stations
• ICJS 2 integrating data from 22,000 courts
• e Prisons database with over 2.2 crore prisoners
• e Prosecution database with around 2 crore cases
• e Forensics with more than 31 lakh samples
• NAFIS with over 1.2 crore fingerprints

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