Lok Sabha Question No. 633 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: Legal Aid Authorities
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: D. Ravikumar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 633

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 4 th  FEBRUARY, 2022

## Legal Aid Authorities

## 633. SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.:

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

- (a)  the  funds  allocated  and  sanctioned  by  the  Department  of  Justice  to  National  Legal Services Authority (NALSA) during the last three years;
- (b) whether the NALSA provides funds to all State Legal Aid Authorities for implementation of  the  legal  aid  schemes,  if  so,  the  details  there  of  particularly  the  Tele-  Law,  Nyaya Mitra and Pro-bono Legal scheme;
- (c)  the  funds  allocated  and  sanctioned by NALSA to different State Legal Aid Authorities during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (d)  the  details  of  funds  utilized  for  this  purpose  during  each  of  the  last  three  years, States/Union Territory-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  funds  allocated  and  sanctioned  by  the  Government  to  National  Legal  Services Authority (NALSA) during the last three financial years is as under:

(in Rs crore)

| Year    |   Grant-in-Aid allocated by the Government |   Grant-in-Aid sanctioned by the Government |
|---------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 2018-19 |                                        150 |                                         150 |
| 2019-20 |                                        140 |                                         140 |
| 2020-21 |                                        100 |                                         100 |

- (b) NALSA provides funds  to  all  the  State  Legal  Services  Authorities  including  Supreme Court  Legal  Services  Committee  (SCLSC)  for  implementation  of  various  legal  aid schemes/ programmes framed under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. As far as

Tele-Law,  Nyaya  Mitra  and  Pro-bono  (Nyaya  Bandhu)  are  concerned,  these  are implemented by Department of Justice. The details of funds incurred in respect of these programmes during last three years is as follows:

| S.No   | Programme                     | Annual Expenditure (in Rs crore)   | Annual Expenditure (in Rs crore)   | Annual Expenditure (in Rs crore)   | Annual Expenditure (in Rs crore)   |
|--------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        |                               | 2018-19                            | 2019-20                            | 2020-21                            | Total                              |
| 1      | Tele Law                      | 3.92                               | 17.21                              | 28.01                              | 49.14                              |
| 2      | Nyaya Mitra                   | 0.09                               | 0.27                               | 0.03                               | 0.39                               |
| 3      | Pro-bono legal (Nyaya Bandhu) | 0.22                               | 0.62                               | 0.48                               | 1.32                               |

- (c) and  (d)  A  statement  showing  the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  utilized  by  Legal Services  Authorities  and  Supreme  Court  Legal  Services  Committee  during  last  three financial years is at Annexure-A.

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Annexure-A

Statement as referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 633 for 04.02.2022 raised by Shri Ravikumar D. - Legal Aid Authorities

Statement showing the details of the fund allocated and utilized by State/UT Legal Services Authorities and Supreme Court Legal Services Committee during the last three financial years (in Rs.)

| S. No.   | Name of the Legal Services Authority   | 2018-19            | 2018-19           | 2019-20            | 2019-20           | 2020-21            | 2020-21             |
|----------|----------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the Legal Services Authority   | Allocation of fund | Total Expenditure | Allocation of fund | Total Expenditure | Allocation of fund | Total Expenditure * |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                         | 4,00,00,000        | 3,80,42,726       | 2,00,00,000        | 2,94,92,173       | 3,40,00,000        | 3,40,00,000         |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 1,00,00,000        | 2,00,66,927       | 2,00,00,000        | 1,45,35,311       | 1,00,00,000        | 1,00,00,000         |
| 3        | Assam                                  | 6,00,00,000        | 6,22,40,773       | 3,00,00,000        | 3,95,04,374       | 3,70,00,000        | 3,70,00,000         |
| 4        | Bihar                                  | 2,50,00,000        | 4,18,19,188       | 4,50,00,000        | 5,84,14,148       | 3,70,00,000        | 3,70,00,000         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                           | 8,00,00,000        | 7,94,90,176       | 6,00,00,000        | 6,66,71,201       | 3,95,00,000        | 3,95,00,000         |
| 6        | Goa                                    | 0                  | 92,49,755         | 0                  | 68,99,290         | 50,00,000          | 50,00,000           |
| 7        | Gujarat                                | 3,50,00,000        | 3,85,58,186       | 3,50,00,000        | 3,76,03,240       | 3,45,00,000        | 3,45,00,000         |
| 8        | Haryana                                | 8,50,00,000        | 9,23,64,186       | 9,00,00,000        | 9,11,87,548       | 4,50,00,000        | 4,50,00,000         |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                       | 4,00,00,000        | 4,88,01,820       | 4,00,00,000        | 4,33,17,401       | 1,85,00,000        | 1,85,00,000         |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                      | 4,50,00,000        | 5,22,01,533       | 6,00,00,000        | 5,87,78,074       | 3,50,00,000        | 3,50,00,000         |
| 11       | Jharkhand                              | 7,00,00,000        | 7,53,56,349       | 4,00,00,000        | 5,53,04,040       | 4,00,00,000        | 4,00,00,000         |
| 12       | Karnataka                              | 8,50,00,000        | 9,98,64,451       | 7,00,00,000        | 8,20,51,129       | 6,25,00,000        | 6,25,00,000         |
| 13       | Kerala                                 | 10,50,00,000       | 12,63,18,797      | 11,00,00,000       | 10,18,80,265      | 5,25,00,000        | 5,25,00,000         |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                         | 3,00,00,000        | 3,44,71,835       | 4,50,00,000        | 4,07,57,696       | 3,00,00,000        | 3,00,00,000         |
| 15       | Maharashtra                            | 6,00,00,000        | 5,97,55,445       | 6,00,00,000        | 6,59,81,539       | 6,25,00,000        | 6,25,00,000         |
| 16       | Manipur                                | 3,50,00,000        | 3,71,87,009       | 4,00,00,000        | 3,72,55,268       | 1,00,00,000        | 1,00,00,000         |
| 17       | Meghalaya                              | 0                  | 25,16,765         | 1,00,00,000        | 2,85,54,591       | 50,00,000          | 50,00,000           |
| 18       | Mizoram                                | 4,00,00,000        | 3,11,28,500       | 2,50,00,000        | 3,07,85,476       | 50,00,000          | 50,00,000           |
| 19       | Nagaland                               | 3,00,00,000        | 4,12,14,223       | 2,50,00,000        | 2,38,22,472       | 50,00,000          | 50,00,000           |
| 20       | Odisha                                 | 7,00,00,000        | 6,78,68,417       | 6,00,00,000        | 7,18,49,246       | 3,25,00,000        | 3,25,00,000         |
| 21       | Punjab                                 | 9,50,00,000        | 9,58,83,025       | 10,00,00,000       | 10,04,14,509      | 3,25,00,000        | 3,25,00,000         |
| 22       | Rajasthan                              | 18,00,00,000       | 18,04,04,152      | 6,50,00,000        | 6,39,48,717       | 4,55,00,000        | 4,55,00,000         |
| 23       | Sikkim                                 | 0                  | 2,11,89,760       | 2,50,00,000        | 2,65,88,720       | 50,00,000          | 50,00,000           |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                             | 6,00,00,000        | 6,57,11,092       | 5,00,00,000        | 5,90,12,437       | 4,20,00,000        | 4,20,00,000         |

| 25   | Telangana                              | 2,00,00,000   | 3,45,42,481   | 3,50,00,000   | 3,01,70,866   | 3,50,00,000   | 3,50,00,000   |
|------|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| 26   | Tripura                                | 3,00,00,000   | 4,06,96,281   | 3,00,00,000   | 3,34,08,355   | 2,80,00,000   | 2,80,00,000   |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh                          | 1,00,00,000   | 3,49,88,140   | 3,00,00,000   | 2,64,71,905   | 6,50,00,000   | 6,50,00,000   |
| 28   | Uttarakhand                            | 2,00,00,000   | 2,24,16,032   | 2,00,00,000   | 2,60,78,888   | 2,50,00,000   | 2,50,00,000   |
| 29   | West Bengal                            | 9,00,00,000   | 8,58,77,572   | 9,00,00,000   | 10,53,32,916  | 5,20,00,000   | 5,20,00,000   |
| 30   | Andaman and Nicobar Islands            | 0             | 20,94,149     | 0             | 0             |               | -             |
| 31   | Chandigarh                             | 0             | 1,63,54,799   | 1,00,00,000   | 1,95,30,137   | 80,00,000     | 80,00,000     |
| 32   | Dadra &Ngr Haveli                      | 0             | 1,87,11,873   | 0             | 2,14,576      | 2,50,000      | 2,50,000      |
| 33   | Daman &Diu                             | 0             | 3,68,147      | 0             | 3,30,325      | 2,50,000      | 2,50,000      |
| 34   | Delhi                                  | 10,00,00,000  | 9,82,87,197   | 8,00,00,000   | 7,78,62,835   | 5,00,00,000   | 5,00,00,000   |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                            | 0             | 9,96,759      | 0             | 17,47,471     |               | -             |
| 36   | Puducherry                             | 0             | 79,28,126     | 0             | 57,78,833     | 10,00,000     | 10,00,000     |
| 37   | Supreme Court Legal Services Committee | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             | 1,00,00,000   | 1,00,00,000   |
|      | Total                                  | 155,00,00,000 | 178,49,66,646 | 142,00,00,000 | 156,15,35,972 | 100,00,00,000 | 100,00,00,000 |

* Expenditure for the year 2020-21 is provisional.

Note: Total Expenditure includes Funds allocated, funds carried forward from previous year, Interest and other receipts.