A/53/279 December 1992, negotiations were held between the representatives of both communities to resolve the dispute. However, no final agreement could be reached. The Supreme Court judgement dated 24 October 1994 has also recognized the role of negotiations and made relevant observations in this regard. Further, the Special Rapporteur may be interested to note that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which had been entrusted with the investigation into the offences connected with the demolition of the disputed structure on 6 December 1992, has filed charge sheets against 49 persons. The Special Judge (Ayodhya Issue) CBI, Lucknow passed a detailed order on 9 September 1997 holding that there is a prima facie case for charging the 49 accused persons of commission of the offence of criminal conspiracy and other offences. Thirty-three out of 49 accused have filed revision petitions at the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court. Hearing on these cases has started as of 20 January 1998 on a day-to-day basis. In the meantime, the trial court has directed the CBI to frame charge sheets by 29 January 1998. Recommendations Taking into account paragraph 94 of the report, “The financial dependence of political and religious movements on foreign countries is obviously fraught with consequences at all levels”, the Special Rapporteur would appreciate if you could indicate your comments as well as measures undertaken and/or envisaged by your Government. Comments and measures The Foreign Contributions Regulation Act, 1976, regulates the transfer of funds for social or religious organizations. Organizations that wish to get contributions from abroad have to register themselves and state the source and purpose of these funds. Political parties are barred from raising funds abroad. The real challenge, however, is the flow of illegal funds. The problem of illegal money-laundering and flow of funds for purposes such as terrorism and illicit drugs has now become a global problem. In India also, illegal channels have been used by many extremist organizations to fund their activities from abroad. The Indian Government is alive to this challenge. Greater vigilance to prevent such illegal inflows is being exercised. Efforts are also under way to update Indian legislation dealing with foreign exchange flows so as to more effectively address these concerns. India also intends to pursue cooperation with other countries and relevant international organizations on different aspects of money-laundering and illegal money flows. Recommendations Taking into account paragraph 95 of the report, “Schools in particular should be protected against all forms of political and ideological indoctrination”, the Special Rapporteur would appreciate if you could indicate your comments as well as measures undertaken and/or envisaged by your Government. Comments and measures The Indian Constitution prohibits the imparting of religious instruction by any educational institution maintained by the State while guaranteeing the right of minorities to maintain and run their own educational institutions. Different institutions and programmes related to curriculum development, textbook evaluation, selection of teachers and teacher training are designed to ensure that schools are not used for ideological or political indoctrination that can promote intolerance. At the same time, the values of religious tolerance, secularism, development of a scientific temper and sensitization to the problems of the weaker sections of society are consciously included in school education. The Special Rapporteur is aware of some of the efforts in the field of values education. The National Council for Teacher Education and the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have developed selflearning modules on “human rights” and “national values” and the NCERT sourcebook for teachers on human rights is currently being translated into Hindi. The National Human Rights Commission of India, in association with the Department of Education of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, has also taken steps to enhance human rights awareness, through education at school as well as at the college level. At the university level, the University Grants Commission has identified ten universities for establishing facilities for courses on human rights. Recommendations Taking into account paragraph 96 of the report, “Education can play a vital role in preventing intolerance, discrimination, hate and violence (including violence motivated by extremism) by creating and disseminating a culture of tolerance among the masses and the most disadvantaged segments of the population. It can make a decisive contribution to the assimilation of values based on human rights by the use of school curricula and textbooks reflecting principles of tolerance and non-discrimination. This approach has already been adopted to some extent by the Indian authorities in the education sector through dissemination of the values of tolerance and mutual respect, 19