About: National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID)

About: National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID)

NATGRID is an ambitious counter terrorism programme set up to track any terror suspect and prevent terrorist attacks with real-time data.

It will utilise technologies like Big Data and analytics to study and analyse the huge amounts of data from various intelligence and enforcement agencies to help track suspected terrorists and prevent terrorist attacks.

Data providers: 

The NATGRID will have data related to all immigration entry and exit, banking and financial transactions, credit card purchases, telecom, individual taxpayers, air flyers, train travellers besides others to generate intelligence inputs.

User agencies: 

The 10 agencies which will be able to access the NATGRID data on real-time basis are:

Intelligence Bureau (IB)

Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW)

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Enforcement Directorate (ED)

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)

Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)

Directorate General of Central Excise and Intelligence (DGCEI)

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)

Initially, no state agencies will be given direct access to the NATGRID data. However, whenever any relevant information is required, they can approach the NATGRID through any of the 10 user agencies.