Multi Agency Centre

Multi Agency Centre

News: The Union government has asked the States to share more intelligence inputs through the Multi Agency
Centre (MAC), a common counter-terrorism grid under the intelligence bureau (IB).

Details:  
• States are often reluctant to share information on the platform.There are several gaps in sharing critical information at the right time.Plans are afoot for more than a decade to link the system up to the district level.
• The Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) was formed in December 2001 following the Kargil intrusion and the subsequent overhaul of the Indian national security apparatus suggested by the Kargil Review Committee report.
• Accordingly, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) was authorized to create a multi-agency centre (MAC) in New Delhi.
• Now functioning 24×7 as the nodal body for sharing intelligence inputs, MAC coordinates with representatives from numerous agencies, different ministries, both central and state.
• Various security agencies share real-time intelligence inputs on the MAC.
• The state offices have been designated as subsidiary MACs (SMACs).As many as 28 organisations, including the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), armed forces and State police, are part of the platform.