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Maharashtra CM Inaugurates 34 Cyber Labs on I-Day

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday announced the commencement of 34 cyber laboratories in various parts of the state as part of the government’s efforts to crack down on cyber crime.

“We have started 34 cyber laboratories today and a total of 51 such labs will be started across the state. This will ensure that we have an upper hand while tackling crimes,” PTI report published in Business Standard quoted him as saying. The CM was addressing people here on the 70th Independence Day.

Commencing operations of cyber labs, that will be equipped to analyze mobile forensic and call detail records, is part of the state government’s proposed cyber crime project which is expected to be completed by December this year. Fadnavis said the state government will provide all its services through a mobile application by October this year.

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In a bid to build capabilities to fight advanced cyber threats, the state government has announced various initiatives under its ambitious “Cyber Maharashtra” project. Under the project, the government will open 51 cyber laboratories across the state .

The government is also setting up CERT-Maharashtra on the lines of CERT-In in collaboration with various stakeholders in the security domain. The government will also set up a big data analytics center to analyze threats in real time and establish an intelligence sharing platform under the project worth nearly INR 1000 crore.

The CM had in January 2015 launched ‘Aaple Sarkar’, an integrated web-based platform, that allows citizens to register grievances and send suggestions to the government on various issues.

“Till now, we have had 30 lakh applications on ‘Aaple Sarkar’ portal, all of which have been addressed that has led to a 92 per cent rate of satisfaction. By October 2, all our services will not only be available online, but will also be available on an application. A mobile phone will become a government office for the common man,” Fadnavis said.

Fadnavis also said that all police stations have been linked with a central server and a crime and criminal tracking system has been developed. “This is the first state in the country to do so. This has ensured a control in crime rates and an increase in the rate of conviction. We have taken the rate of conviction from 9 per cent to 52 per cent. Our agenda is that the common man needs to feel safe,” he said.

He said that as part of making Maharashtra a digital state, 500 gram panchayats have already been made digital, and that by October 2, Nagpur would be turned into a complete digital district.

“By November 2018, 29,000 gram panchayats will be turned digital. We have also introduced a smart schools program, where 11,000 schools have benefited and the learning outcome was 100 per cent,” the CM added.

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