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India Plans AI Facial Recognition at Seven Major Railway Stations to Curb Crimes Against Women

The government says the systems will build on two years of safe city initiatives by linking real-time facial scans to a database of 20.28 lakh registered offenders

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The Centre also told the court that the National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) has been updated and the number of sexual offenders recorded in the database has crossed the 20-lakh mark.

Overview

  • The Home Affairs Ministry told the Supreme Court it will roll out AI-based facial recognition at seven major railway stations, including Mumbai CST and New Delhi
  • Officials say the National Database on Sexual Offenders now contains 20.28 lakh entries covering names, photographs and fingerprints accessible via the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System
  • India’s safe city initiative and Integrated Emergency Response Management System currently operate in eight cities and 499 of 983 major stations using CCTV, ANPR, drones and emergency call units
  • The Supreme Court Women Lawyers’ Association will press its PIL this week, arguing that low conviction rates require stronger measures beyond technology deployments
  • NCRB data show crimes against women rose from 58.8 per lakh in 2018 to 66.4 per lakh in 2022, with only 1.5 lakh of 23.66 lakh pending cases decided and just 38,136 convictions in 2022