About eSakshya App:
- Developed by: National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
- The aim is to help police record scenes of crime, search and seizure in a criminal case and upload the file on the cloud-based platform.
- The police official will have to upload a selfie after the procedure is complete.
- Features:
- Streamline the communication between law enforcement agencies.
- It allows police to record audio-visual evidence at the crime scene (maximum of 4 minutes).
- Multiple files can be uploaded for each First Information Report (FIR) to a cloud-based platform.
Why in the News?
- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs is conducting trials of the eSakshya mobile app in preparation for the implementation of three new criminal laws.

