Home Minister P Chidambaram has said the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) was the need of the hour as the threat perception of terrorism continues to be high.

Addressing a meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi on Friday, the Home Minister said delay in setting up the anti-terror hub would increase the risk in the country.

Chidambaram said the country needed an institutional mechanism by mobilising all elements of national power to tackle the menace of terrorism.

The Home Minister said Naxalism and insurgency in the North East were now becoming terrorist in nature and the country needed institutional mechanism to deal with it.