The Cabinet Committee on Security on 12 January 2012 approved
the setting up of a National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) to counter
terrorism effectively. The NCTC was proposed by the Ministry of Home
Affairs. It will be a single window organisation that will gather and
disseminate intelligence to central and state security organisations. A
notification for the appointment of Directors and other members of core team of
the NCTC will be issued soon.
The NCTC was created in the
wake of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. It will work under the Union Home Ministry.
A senior IPS officer of the rank of Additional Director General of Police and
above will head the elite counter-terror body. The NCTC will also coordinate
with relevant probe and intelligence agencies to ensure that the perpetrators
of terror are brought to justice besides maintaining a comprehensive data base
of terrorists, their associates and supporters.
