Strengthening of counter terror capabilities and intelligence apparatus, Maoist violence, police reforms and capacity building will be high on agenda at the Chief Ministers' Conference on Internal Security, to be held in New Delhi tomorrow. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the Conference.

The day-long Conference will also deliberate on how India is being affected due to its troubled neighbourhood and its obvious consequences in the country like cross border terrorism, covert support to insurgents, arms smuggling,
circulation of fake Indian currency notes, inflow of refugees
and immigration.

Active terror infrastructure in Pakistan, growing nexus between the Naxals and anti-India forces, both within the country as well as abroad, better intelligence sharing among
security forces, Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS), border management, coastal security and other Centre-State issues will also figure prominently at the meeting. Home Minister P Chidambaram will deliver the opening address.

A separate session on Maoist violence will be held later in the day and will be attended by Chief Ministers of nine
Maoist violence affected states.

The Central government has already conceded the demands of several non-Congress Chief Ministers, including ally Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, to hold a special meeting of Chief Ministers to exclusively discuss on the controversial issue of the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) on May 5th.

AIR Correspondent reports, the country's top leadership will review the two-pronged approach of development and police action to contain the Maoist problem and the future strategy to deal with it. The conference, originally scheduled for February 15th, had to be postponed for two months due to the recent Assembly elections in five states and Budget session of Parliament.