Overview
- On Saturday Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the LEXQ Centre for quantum forensics at TechSangam 2026 hosted by the Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Science in Lucknow.
- The state says it has expanded cyber policing from two stations before 2017 to one in each of the 75 districts and reports 12 forensic labs complete with six more in final stages.
- Officials reported a build-up of trained staff, citing more than 150 frontline forensic personnel, over 1,000 officers trained at UPSIFS, and a push to make scientific evidence more usable in courts under a 'Law with Lab' approach.
- Adityanath stressed that artificial intelligence should assist human judgment rather than replace it, and announced targets including 5 gigawatts of data-centre capacity by 2030, a proposed semiconductor unit in Noida, and around Rs 2 lakh crore in planned capital spending.
- The government frames the program as a response to long forensic backlogs and low conviction rates before 2017, but the progress figures and improved conviction claims come from official statements and have not been independently verified.