Government has formally approved the NATGRID project and asked the Home Ministry to proceed accordingly. The project will facilitate robust information sharing by security agencies and law enforcement agencies to combat terror threat at home and abroad. The aim of NATGRID is to ensure a readily available and real time information sharing platform between intelligence, law enforcement and other agencies. Our correspondent reports that the NATGRID is planning to link 21 categories of databases maintained by different public and private agencies for ready access by the country’s intelligence agencies, as information gathering and its timely distribution is an essential part of Crisis Management Strategies of any nation. On the direction of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), a detailed briefing and presentation about the NATGRID project along with safeguards and oversight mechanisms was given by Home Ministry to the members of the CCS in New Delhi on day. Earlier, the government has decided to extend the service of Chief Executive Officer of Natgrid Raghu Raman for six months beginning 1st of June.