Islamic State flags were seen in Kashmir for the first time in June.
Just how deep is the influence of the Islamic State in India and how and why are young Muslim youth being radicalised? These are the key questions worrying the Union Home Ministry and it has called upon senior police and intelligence officials from 10 states to help analyse the situation.
The team - comprising officials from 10 states -- will access the level of IS influence and causes of radicalisation and chalk out a possible strategy to deal with the menace.
"IS ideology is spreading and frighteningly enough, they find resonance among the educated young generation... we have to know how big and deep the problem is," a senior ministry official said. "We need to take stock and come up with possible preventive measures."
The states invited for a discussion include Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Assam.
Last week, IS flags were raised in Srinagar for a second time. But preliminary investigation indicated that the culprits were a few young men, who downloaded the IS logo from internet "just to irritate" security forces, said senior official associated with the exercise
Officially, New Delhi maintains that only 5 young men from India have so far joined the IS. Four of the five were from Maharashtra's Kalyan, who went missing last year. Besides, six men of Indian origin - mostly from Gulf countries -- have joined the group.
The figure is low compared to the hundreds of young men and women from Europe who are rushing to join the IS. But the central agencies have reportedly been able to prevent about a dozen young men from leaving India.
"No cases were registered and boys were allowed to join back mainstream since they hadn't committed any crime," the official said.
A report from a central security agency tasked to keep watch on mosques alleged to be peddling extremist ideology, meanwhile, told the Centre that "none of religious centres was found to be preaching or aiding extremism".