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Veer Parivar Sahayata Yojana 2025
- 29 Jul 2025
- 2 min read
The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) launched the Veer Parivar Sahayata Yojana 2025, a nationwide legal aid scheme dedicated to soldiers, veterans, and their dependents.
- Objective: It aims to provide free legal aid, advice, and support to army and paramilitary personnel and their families, acknowledging their unique service-related constraints.
- It will enable online application filing, video consultations, and dispute resolution through e-Lok Adalats and online mediation.
- Pan-India Reach: The scheme is designed to operate across all Indian states ensuring inclusive national coverage.
- Constitutional Basis: It is rooted in Article 39A of the Constitution, ensuring equal justice and legal aid.
- Legal Aid Infrastructure: NALSA will set up legal aid clinics at the district, state, and national levels.
NALSA
- About: NALSA is a statutory body established in 1995 under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
- It monitors and evaluates legal aid programs, ensuring legal services for eligible groups like Women, Children, SC, ST, EWS, Industrial Workers, Persons with Disabilities, and Transgender Individuals, as per Section 12 of the Act.
- Tiered Structure: Legal Services Institutions have been established at all levels, ranging from Taluk Courts to the Supreme Court.
| Read More: Supreme Court Legal Services Committee |
