National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) has been established at 1022 locations across the country (As on 30^th November 2023): -

• Districts/ Other Police Units : 840
• Commissionerate : 74
• Central law Enforcement Agencies : 70
• Central Finger Print Bureau : 2
• Finger Print Bureaus of States/ Union Territories : 36

VPN IDs have been created and shared with all States/UTs to ensure secured access to the NAFIS application.

This was stated by Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

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