Amit Shah Unveils National IED Data Platform

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a national digital IED data management platform that will act as "next generation security shield against terror" and a comprehensive deterrence against all forms of bombings that take place in the country.

- Press Trust Of India

The national IED data management system (NIDMS) has been developed by the federal counter-terrorist commando force NSG with the help of Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) in Gandhinagar, IT-Delhi, National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Indian cyber crime coordination centre (I4C).

It is armed with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools for "accurately" studying all types of bombings.

Improvised explosive device (IED) blasts in the country have been categorised as one of the “most challenging" threats in the internal security domain, killing thousands of civilians and security personnel, and critically injuring many others over the years.

Shah inaugurated the facility through a video conferencing link that connected the platform, housed at the National Security Guard (NSG) garrison in Manesar here.