Centre to give Rs 148 crore to National Legal Services Authority

NAGPUR: The Union Government is going to give Rs 148 crore to the National Legal Services Authority ( NLSA) for providing help to those who cannot afford legal services, chairman of the parliamentary committee on law and justice today said.

Standing committee of the Department of Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, headed by its chairman Dr EM Sudarshana Natchiappan, visited Nagpur Central Prison today.

Speaking to reporters during the visit, Natchiappan said the Centre was going to provide Rs 148 crore to NLSA.

The committee is preparing a report on implementation of legal aid provisions across the prisons in the country.

The members of the panel met some of the inmates at the Central Prison here and sought their feedback on the legal assistance received by them, Natchiappan said, adding that the committee would soon be visiting Tihar Jail in Delhi.

Other members of the committee include advocates KTS Tulsi, Joice George and Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli.

The committee will also give inputs to the government for the drawing up of the new jail manual.