46 i CIVtL LIBERTIES 4.70 The Commission has noted with appreciation that the Ministry of Home Affairs has taken steps to implement a number of the recommendations contained in the report of the Core Group. Thus, • It has decided to create a separate Directorate of Forensic Science under the direct charge of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Forensic Science Division and six laboratories, namely the Government Examiners of Questioned Documents at Chandigarh/Shimla, Hyderabad and Calcutta and the Central Forensic Science Laboratories at Calcutta, Hyderabad and Chandigarh, presently under the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), will now come imder the Directorate of Forensic Science. Orders for the creation of the Directorate of Forensic Science have been issued and administrative details in this respect are being worked out; • Each State has been advised to establish a State Forensic Science Directorate. The States have also been advised to set up a State Forensic Science Development Board to monitor the development of Forensic Science Services in the State in a time-boimd manner; • The Director, National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science (NICFS) has been asked to a prepare draft syllabus for a course in criminology. Similarly, the Chief Forensic Scientist, Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) has been asked to submit a draft syllabus for the post-graduate study of Forensic Science which can be circulated to Universities; and • The BPR&D has been asked to submit a proposal for amending the police manuals of all State Governments/UT Administrations in order to incorporate the relevant provisions. 4.71 The Memorandum of Action Taken, prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs, was considered by the Commission in a meeting held on 15 February 2002. The Commission desired that the Ministry be requested to apprise it of the progress of implementation of the decisions taken, so that the matter could be properly monitored. A letter was, accordingly, addressed to that Ministry on 13 March 2002, in pursuance of the Commission's directive. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION