Government has taken a number of important decisions to tackle terrorist threats in the country. Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Mr. Gurudas Kamat today said this in reply to a query whether any assessment has been made about the preparedness to tackle terrorist threats. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the Minister said that this includes increasing the strength of central Para-military forces, effective border management, establishment of NSG hubs at Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai besides deployment of CISF in government and private industrial undertakings. Mr. Kamat informed the House that the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act has already been amended to strengthen the punitive measures to combat terrorism. He informed the National Investigation Agency, NIA has been created to investigate and prosecute offences. In reply to the query whether the government proposes to create technically equipped special units to tackle such threats, the Minister added that apart from establishment of anti-terror units in the States, the State Governments have been enjoined upon to create Quick Response Team (QRT) and Special Intervention Units (SIU). He said, most of the State Governments have confirmed that QRTs have been set up. Besides, the Multi-Agency Centre has been strengthened and reorganized to enable it to function on 24X7 basis for real time collation and sharing of intelligence with other intelligence and security agencies. Mr. Kamat informed that intelligence inputs are also shared with the concerned states through the established mechanism, which ensures close coordination and sharing of intelligence and seamless flow of information between the State and the Central security and law enforcement agency. He said, this has resulted in busting of terrorist modules and a number of possible terrorist attacks have been averted.