Lok Sabha Question No. 2977 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Monitoring of Gram Nyayalayas
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2977 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 17 TH  MARCH, 2023

Monitoring of Gram Nyayalayas

## 2977. DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI:

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

- (a)  the number of the States that have been covered so far under the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 and the revised guidelines of 2021;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  fund  provided  to  the  States  under  the  central  assistance  so  far,  Statewise;
- (c)  whether  any  monitoring  committee  has  been  formed  to  look  after  the  progress  of  the scheme and usage of the funds properly and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the details of States which are fully covered under the scheme and has established and operational Gram Nyayalayas there as of now?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a):  So  far  13  States  have  joined  the  Gram  Nyayalayas  2008  scheme.  Among  the  union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have also implemented the scheme. (b) to (d):  As per information made available by the State Governments / High Courts, 477 Gram  Nyayalayas  have  been  notified  so  far  by  15  States/UTs.    Out  of  these,  265  Gram Nyayalayas  are  operational  in  10  States  at  present.    State-wise  details  of  the  Gram Nyayalayas notified, operationalised by the State Governments and status of funds released by this Department is as under:

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs      |   Gram Nyayalayas Notified |   Gram Nyayalayas Functional |   Fund released (Amount in Rs.lakh) |
|-----------|----------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1         | Madhya Pradesh |                         89 |                           89 |                             2456.4  |
| 2         | Rajasthan      |                         45 |                           45 |                             1240.98 |
| 3         | Kerala         |                         30 |                           30 |                              828    |
| 4         | Maharashtra    |                         36 |                           23 |                              660.8  |
| 5         | Odisha         |                         24 |                           20 |                              337.4  |
| 6         | Uttar Pradesh  |                        113 |                           51 |                             1323.2  |
| 7         | Karnataka      |                          2 |                            2 |                               25.2  |
| 8         | Haryana        |                          2 |                            2 |                               25.2  |
| 9         | Punjab         |                          9 |                            2 |                               25.2  |
| 10        | Jharkhand      |                          6 |                            1 |                               75.6  |
| 11        | Goa            |                          2 |                            0 |                               25.2  |
| 12        | Andhra Pradesh |                         42 |                            0 |                              436.82 |
| 13        | Telangana      |                         55 |                            0 |                              693    |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir |                         20 |                            0 |                                0    |
| 15        | Ladakh         |                          2 |                            0 |                                0    |
| Total     | Total          |                        477 |                          265 |                             8153    |

Two  monitoring Committees  have  been constituted at the Central and State respectively  each  to  monitor  progress  and  timely  completion  of  projects  and  to  facilitate coordination  between  the  various  Department  officials.  These  Committees  hold  regular meetings in person or through video conference to review and monitor the progress of the scheme. The composition of the Committees is as follows:

- (i)  High Court Level Monitoring Committee in the State: The Committee is chaired by the Chief Justice of the respective High Court and consist of the Registrar General of the High Court, Portfolio Judges, Law/Home Secretary of the State and Secretary of the State PWD. The Committee have the responsibility of overall monitoring of the implementation of the Scheme in the State.
- (ii)    Central  Level  Monitoring Committee in the Department of Justice: The Committee is chaired  by  Secretary  (Department  of  Justice,  GoI)  and  comprise  representatives  from  all

States  (Department  of  Law/Home,  High  Courts  and  PWD),  concerned  Joint  Secretary (Department  of  Justice,  GoI),  Financial  Advisor  (Ministry  of  Law  and  Justice,  GoI)  and concerned Deputy Secretary (Department of Justice) who acts as the Convener.

Apart from this an online monitoring system namely Gram Nyayalaya portal has been developed by the Department of Justice for better management by enabling data collection from  the  States/UTs  in  respect  of  date  of  notification/operationlization  of  the  Gram Nyayalayas;  their  taluk  and  district  wise  location;  status  of  release  of  funds;  status  of utilization of released funds; data on pending cases, fresh cases instituted and cases disposed in  respect  of  civil  and  criminal  cases  in  the  Gram  Nyayalayas,  etc.  The  States/UTs  are required to upload/update data regularly on the portal by 5 th day of every month.

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