Citizens can soon file complaints of seven crime and related services online and get the FIRs registered as the Centre looks at launching "citizen-centric portals" for all states, officials said.
The portal will allow the citizens to seek antecedent verification of prospective employees like domestic helps, drivers, tenants or for any other purpose.
"The state citizen-centric portals are ready to be launched in all states and Union Territories (UTs) soon," a Home Ministry official said.
The concept is a 'SMART' policing initiative of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) as enunciated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide services to citizens and aid efficient police investigations.
The virtual platform will offer online facility to register FIRs initially in seven crime and related services in 34 states and UTs that include person and address verification of employees, tenants and nurses, permission for hosting public events, lost and found articles and vehicle theft.
It aims at turning criminal investigation a
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