Lok Sabha Question No. 592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Performance of Schemes Launched
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, PRABHATSINH PRATAPSINH CHAUHAN, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 592

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

Performance of Schemes Launched

†592. SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: SHRI P.P. CHAUHAN: SHRI   BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  year-wise  details  of  the  schemes  launched  by  the  Government under Ministry of Law and Justice since the year 2014 till date along with the details of the targets set and the achievements made under each of the said schemes; (b)  the  State-wise  details  of  the  proposals  received  from  various  States along  with  the  proposals  approved  by  the  Union  Government  under  the schemes sponsored by Ministry of Law and Justice; (c)  the  scheme-wise  and  State-wise  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and utilized for implementation of various schemes of this Ministry  during each of the last four years and the current year; (d)  whether  the  Government  has  set  any  time-limit  for  completing  the
- pending schemes and if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  any  mechanism  to  monitor  the  funds allocated to the States/organizations for achieving the said purposes and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)  the  action  taken  against the  Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) found guilty in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P.P.CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to(b)Department  of  Justice,  Ministry  of  Law  &  Justice  has  launched the following three initiatives in 2017 under the Mission Mode project - National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms:

- (i) Tele Law Service
- (ii) Pro Bono Legal Services
- (iii) Nyaya Mitra programme

The details of these  three schemes  are as follows

(i)  Tele-  Law  Service: Tele-Law Service aims to connect the poor and  marginalized  sections  of  society  through  the  use  of  video conferencing and telephone facility available at the Common Service Centers at the Panchayat level to seek legal advice from the panel lawyers  stationed at the State Legal Services  Authorities.  The scheme is  being  implemented  in  11  States;  namely  Uttar  Pradesh, Bihar,    Assam,  Manipur,  Mizoram, Meghalaya , Tripura , Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim and  Jammu and Kashmir. As on date, 56,001 cases have been registered on the tele law portal and legal advice has been rendered in 49,575 cases.

(ii)    Pro  Bono  Legal  Service: Pro  Bono  Legal  Services  aims  to provide free legal aid through an online database of advocates and eligible  litigants.    This  programme  is  an  attempt  to  institutionalise dispensation  of  pro  bono  legal  services  across  the  country  by facilitating  connection between lawyers and eligible litigants. So far, 391  lawyers  have  registered  to  provide  pro  bono  services  and  341 cases have been registered on the web application for this purpose. A mobile application for Pro Bono to facilitate seamless connectivity between the litigant and pro bono advocate has also been developed. (iii) Nyaya Mitra : N yaya Mitra scheme was launched in 227 selected districts  of  16  States  that  include  Rajasthan,  Bihar,  Uttar  Pradesh, West  Bengal,  Assam,  Mizoram,  Meghalaya, J&K,  Maharashtra, Gujrat,  Odisha,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Sikkim,  Manipur,  Tripura  & Nagaland  to  facilitate  district  judiciary  in  reduction  of  old  pending cases,  conducting  critical  analysis  of  pending  cases,  identify  the cases in Pre-Lok adalats to be referred to the Lok adalats on priority basis  etc.  During  2017-18,    15  Nyaya  Mitra  were  appointed  for  15 districts: Patna (Bihar), Birbhum (WB), Howrah (WB), Coochbehar(WB), 24 North Paragnas (WB), West Tripura (Tripura), Ghaziabad  (UP),  Kushinagar  (UP),  Meerut  (UP),  Gorakhpur  (UP), Varanasi  (UP),  Ganganagar  (Rajasthan),  Jalore  (Rajasthan),  Alwar (Rajasthan)  &  Bhilwada  (Rajasthan)    for  a  contract  period  of  six

- months  (October  2017-  March  31,  2018).  After  review,  existing  15 NMs have been reappointed from January 2019 to 31st March 2019.
- (c) to (d) A total amount of Rs. 2.35 crore has been allocated under Tele Law  Services  initiatives  and  an  amount  of  Rs.  22  lakhs  has  been allocated  under  Nyaya  Mitra  initiative  in  2017.  Pro  Bono  Legal Service is enabled through online portal created by NIC for which no cost  has  been  incurred.    The  schemes  are  continuing  schemes wherein beneficiaries are provided assistance as per their need.
- (e)  The funds under the Tele Law and Nyaya Mitra initiatives have been allocated  for  utilization  to  CSC  e-Governance  Private  Ltd,  which monitors the implementation of the Scheme by CSCs. Monitoring is also done  through periodic reviews by the Government.  Utilization certificates  for  the  funds  released  are  also  submitted  from  time  to time by the implementing agency.
- (f) Non-Governmental Organizations are not involved in the implementation of these schemes.