The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) , a platform for the police and investigating agencies to securely access government and private databases in real time, is getting around 45,000 requests a month, government officials told The Hindu . The platform, accessible only to security agencies, became operational last year after first being conceptualised in 2009 in the aftermath of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

At the November 28-30 annual Director General of Police (DGP) conference, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Raipur, the law enforcement agencies, including the State police, were asked to scale up the use of NATGRID in all investigations.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked States to liberally use the platform to access datasets which include detail

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