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No. 1230Problem statementPublic services

Fuzzy Name conversion of Hindi Names in Police Records

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Source summary

Improve retrieval of Hindi names in police records despite alternate English transliterations, spelling and typing errors, phonetic similarities and mixed Devanagari/Roman scripts. The source requests fuzzy matching, standard transliteration rules, phonetic search, data-entry error correction and cross-script interoperability, alongside staff training and entry guidelines. Records concern complainants, witnesses, suspects and victims; a similar name alone does not establish that two records identify the same person.