"Thank God. Government found merit in CCTNS. Will the funds be given now to complete the project?," he said in his reaction to the Union Cabinet's nod for time-bound completion of the Crime and Criminal Tracking Networking Systems project to synchronise databases of security organisations across the country after its integration with key components of the criminal justice system.
Chidambaram, the brain behind the CCTNS and National Counter Terrorism Centre when he was Home Minister in the aftermath of the 26/11 attacks in 2008, queried, "will government also find merit in NCTC, especially post Paris and will government immediately announce its constitution.