Asked about the letter written to him by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a conference with Chief Ministers to discuss terrorism, the Prime Minister said he had already convened several such meetings on internal security, the recent one being on Naxalism. The PM’s remarks come shortly before the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC), headed by Veerappa Moily, is deliberating over a new set of proposals to tackle terrorism, including changes in the National Security Act aimed at increasing the Centre’s role in tackling terror. The goal is to give as much teeth to law-enforcing agencies as was given by POTA but avoid provisions relating to violation of human rights. The ARC is also studying “lacunae” in the Evidence Act and “harmonizing” the 19 existing laws on security, besides the Indian Penal Code.