The Indian Government sent a Ministerial delegation to Orissa on 17-19 November 2008 to review the situation in Orissa. The delegation consisted of the Minister for Agriculture (a Cabinet Minister), the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment and the Minister for Tribal Affairs. the delegation met the Chief Minister of Orissa and traveled to the Kandhamal region, where most of the violence occurred. Following this visit, Prime Minister Singh announced on 23 November 2008 the formation of a taskforce. The taskforce is to report by February 2009 with a roadmap for developing a stronger security architecture to deal with terrorism and insurgency.

On 5 January 2009, the Supreme Court of India ordered the Orissa State Government to take all necessary measures to protect minorities in India. The Supreme Court said that it would not allow “persecution” of minorities and asked that the Orissa Government resign if it was unable to protect the Christian minority in Orissa. It also ordered that the Orissa Government reconstruct churches damaged during the violence. The court was responding to a petition filed by Cuttack Archbishop Raphel Cheenath seeking the intervention of central forces in stemming the communal violence.

On 29 January charges were laid against those accussed of the pack rape of a nun in the violence on 25 August 2008.