"We have decided on a shared package of action. We will look at sharing best ideas and practices to protect critical national infrastructure," said Beckett, who is on an eight-day official visit to India.
She said experiences of combating terrorist attacks on mass transit systems -- such as using closed circuit television and picking out suspicious patterns of human behaviour -- would be shared with India.
"The values we (India and Britain) hold dear are under threat, but that threat comes from a minority, from people on the margins of our societies," she said.
Indian and British police specialising in counter-terrorism are to meet in Mumbai to share their experiences.
The deputy chief of London's anti-terrorism squad, Stuart Harrison, is expected to meet Mumbai's police commissioner A N Roy on Wednesday.

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