Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah addresses the inaugural session of the 26th All India Fingerprint Conference 2026 in New Delhi as Chief Guest

• Annual conclave of State/UT Fingerprint Bureaux Directors convened under the aegis of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), MHA; the 26th edition (2026) was inaugurated in New Delhi by Union Home Minister Amit Shah as Chief Guest.
• Forum used to roll out flagship criminal-justice digital tools — NCRB-Abhigyan, CrPI, e-Prosecution 2.0 and e-Forensics 2.0 — operationalising the three new criminal laws (BNS, BNSS, BSA).
• UPSC relevance: GS-II (governance, e-governance) and GS-III (internal security, forensics, criminal justice reforms).