Calling for a bold and radical restructuring of the country's security set up the Home Minister Mr. P Chidambaram on Wednesday suggested the bifurcation of his Ministry and the setting up National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) by the end of next year. Mr. Chidambaram said the Home Minister should be devoting full time and energy to the matters relating to internal security. The Home Minister said this is imperative given the present day challenges. He said number of functions that have no relation to internal security should either be dealt by a separate ministry or brought under a separate department under a Minister who should work independently. Giving the annual Intelligence bureau Centenary Endowment lecture in New Delhi on Wednesday, the Home Minister P Chidambaram said that the NCTC will have the goal to prevent, contain and respond to the terrorist attacks and will perform the functions relating to intelligence, investigations as well as operations. He said the NCTC will be under the Home Ministry and other agencies including the National Investigating Agency and NSG will be brought under it. He said this is necessary for one Head of the Pointing to the gaps in the visa system, Mr. Chidambaram said that this has been exposed in a number of cases including the case of terror suspect David Headley. He said that there is a need to create a full proof system. Mr. Chidambaram said that there is still some distance to cover before it can be claimed that India has acquired the capacity to respond swiftly and decisively to a terror attack. While emphasising the need not to be complacent, Mr. Chidambaram said that there is some improvement in intelligence gathering and 12 to 13 terror attacks have been neutralised this year.