India's first portal for narco files lists over 500,000 offenders in 1 mnth

Within the first month of its launch, the National Integrated Database on Arrested Narco-offenders (Nidaan) — India's registry of narcotics traffickers — has recorded over 500,000 names, reported The Economic Times on Monday.

Developed by the Narcotics Control Burea, Nidaan is first-of-its kind database of arrested narcotics offenders from states and union territories. Nidaan sources its data from the ICJS (inter-operable criminal justice system) and the e-Prisons (a cloud-based application) repository and it is planned to integrate it in the future with the crime and criminal tracking network system or CCTNS, according to officials. 

An initiative of the Supreme Court e-committee, ICJS