provisions for research and earmarked some Rs.10 lakhs for this purpose. A first grant of Rs.f.20 lakhs was released to the National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences (NIMHANS) in Bangalore, for a study on "QualityAssurance in Mental Health.' The Commission has also approved its own guidelines for the release cf funds for projects of research to be undertaken under the Commission's auspices. 6.31 Faced with a great increase in its work, resulting not least from the vast number of complaints being addressed to it, the Commission has endeavoured in recent months to rationalize its on-going projects and programmes with a view to ensuring that greater coherence and consistency are brought to bear on them and a sense of priorities established and respected. As part of this effort, the Commission has restructured its Research Division, converting it into a Policy, Research, Projects and Progammes Division (PRPP).

Select target paragraph3