A mechanism to effectively counter terrorism and to create a National-Counter Terrorism Centre, NCTC, was today approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security.

Briefing reporters after the meeting the Home Minister Mr. P Chidambaram said the government will soon notify for the appointment of Directors and other members of core team of the NCTC.

He said the NCTC, being created in the wake of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, will work under the Union Home Ministry.

A senior IPS officer of the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) and above will head the elite counter-terror body.