Terrorist Screening Center (TSC)
The Home Ministry signed an agreement to join the global terror database maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) of the U.S.
Details:
- An arrangement between the authorised governmental agencies of the Government of India and the Government of the United States of America for exchange of terrorist screening information was signed .
- Under this arrangement, both sides will give each other access to terrorism screening information through designated contact points, subject to domestic laws and regulations
- The U.S. has already finalised such agreements with 30 countries and the Terrorist Screening Center has details of 11,000 terror suspects on its database, including nationality, date of birth, photos, finger prints (if any) and passport number.
The arrangement was signed by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and Richard Verma, Ambassador of the United States of America to India.
