Indian PM Manmohan Singh says his government has "credible information" that Pakistan-based militants are plotting fresh attacks in India.
Mr Singh urged the country's security forces to stay on high alert to avert any such attacks.
India has announced a number of plans to boost its security after last November's deadly attacks in Mumbai.
More than 170 people died in various attacks across Mumbai on 26 November, including nine gunmen.
Mr Singh told a meeting on internal security in the capital, Delhi, that the government had information of fresh attacks being planned.
"There is credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks," he told a meeting of state chief ministers.
"After Mumbai attacks, we have put in place additional measures. There is a need for continued utmost vigilance," Mr Singh said.
The prime minister said all states need to share intelligence information "to avert any terror attack".
Mr Singh said cross-border terrorism remained a "most pervasive threat".
The federal and state governments have planned several security measures following the Mumbai attacks.
Mumbai and Hyderabad have already been allocated their first dedicated elite security force headquarters.
More such security task force hubs are proposed in Jodhpur and Guwahati, to ensure that the whole country is covered.
For Police : States not doing enough...
NEW DELHI: Home minister P Chidambaram on Monday expressed regret that the state governments had not done enough to stregthenthe police force and to improve intelligence-sharing, which he said were key to fight the security challenges India faces.
"We had circulated a questionnaire to the state governments requesting them to indicate the present status under a number of heads and on a number of issues. I regret to point out that the response from the states is far from satisfactory," Chidambaram said in his address to the internal security
conference attended by chief ministers here. The home minister said the police reforms "have not received the attention they deserve" despite Supreme Court directions in that regard.
"I regret to point out that many state governments have not yet constituted the Police Establishment Board. Nor have they fully complied with the other directions," Chidambaram said.
The situation of vacant posts in police is "quite alarming", he added.
The home minister said that the setting up of the Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) and (state-level)-MACs had made intelligence-sharing better but "there is scope for more improvement".
The MAC, tasked to collect intelligence in real time and optimise intelligence flow between different agencies, was made operational in January this year after the terror attacks in November.
He added that the state governments needed to raise and deploy their own Special Intervention Units (SIUs) and Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs) in as many cities as possible even as four National Security Guard (NSG) hubs have been set up in the country.
The central government had suggested that the states raise a State Industrial Security Force on the lines of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and "I would request the state governments to respond to the suggestion", the minister said.
Stressing that the government was focussing on coastal security and border management, Chidamabaram regretted that the construction of coastal police stations, outposts and check posts as well as border outposts (BoPs) was going on at a "slow pace".
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