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National Legal Literacy Mission
National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has formulated
National Plan of Action on spreading Legal Literacy
across the country and launched the National Legal
Literacy Mission for a period of 5(five) years i.e. 2005
to 09 at the National level in Delhi on the 6th day of
March, 2006 in presence of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of
India, the Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India and the
Hon’ble Union Minister of Law and Justice.
There is a lack of awareness amongst the general public
about the free legal services being provided to them
under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. The
objective of the Mission is to organize Legal Literacy
Campaign at all level to achieve maximum benefit in the
given period of five years.
The purpose of the Mission is to visualize knowledge
through legal education that lends dignity to people.
The Mission aims at education on legal rights,
constitutional obligation, right to information on the
benefits of legal aid and the system of accessing legal
aid through the Legal Services Authorities / Committees.
By taking law to the masses through informal learning
technique, the legal education to be imparted will help
in rising consciousness of the citizen and thereby make
justice accessible and affordable to the people.
The main features of the Mission are as under :
a)To achieve 100% legal literacy.
b)To target the most disadvantaged, distraught,
disintegrated, vulnerable and victimized populace first
and progress further in the grass-root level.
c)To prepare State Specific Plan of Actions for
implementation of objective of the Mission.
d)To undertake survey, research, documentation drive,
social investigation reporting and social audit as a
learning exercise of people’s problems, grievances and
to understand the nature of redressal required.
e)To sensitize the Judicial Officers to people’s cause
particularly to that of women and children, dalit and
minorities, tribal and such other most vulnerable groups
as well as persons in custody in addition to
implementation of the Acts pertaining to mentally and
physically challenged, the destitute and beggars, the
orphans and neglected citizens, the abandoned elderly
citizens, discrimination in case of any caste, communal
violence, disaster and disease outbreak.
In line with the directives of the NALSA, State Specific
Plan of Action for implementation of the Mission has
been prepared having estimated cost of Rs.71.23 lakh and
activities as per guide-lines of NALSA in this regard
are in progress to achieve the goal.
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