Legally Empowering Citizens to have access to information about their legal rights, entitlements and making justice delivery citizen- centric
Department of Justice is implementing Pan India Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness Programme with inclusive objectives to address Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness need of the county:
During 2021 - 2024 DoJ signed MoAs with seventeen implementing agencies in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Odisha, New Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Maharashtra and Puducherry for implementation of target specific Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness Projects. Selected agencies reached out to 14,64,688 beneficiaries up to May 2024, brief details about these projects are as follows:
| S N | States | About LLLAP Projects | Outreach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manipur | Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Manipur was selected to implement a project on “Training and Sensitization of Stakeholders on Child Sexual Abuse” | 2,605 |
| 2 | Sikkim | Sikkim Sikkim State Commission for Women (SSCW) was selected for implementation of project titled 'Training and Sensitization Programme on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 and Anti-Human Trafficking’ | 1,55,606 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority was selected for implementation of project on ‘Synergy between Customary Practices of the Traditional Village Council System and Formal Laws of India’ | 6,666 |
| 4 | Rajasthan | Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society, Jaipur, Rajasthan organised series of legal awareness activities in 5 aspirational districts of Rajasthan to ensure dignity of women, children and elders | 58,990 |
| 5 | Assam | Law Research Institute, Eastern Region, Guwahati implemented a research project titled ‘Documentation of Customary Laws of the North Eastern Region, India’. LRI documented customary practices of 6 Tribal Communities. | 54 |
| 6 | Assam | Law Research Institute, Eastern Region, Guwahati is implementing a research project titled ‘Documentation of Customary Laws of the 15 Tribes of North Eastern Region’ | 250 |
| 7 | Madhya Pradesh | National Law Institute University, Bhopal is implementing a national level ‘Digital Legal Literacy – Design, Development, Management and Testing Project. | 6,173 |
| 8 | Karnataka | National Law School of India University, Bengaluru is implementing a national level project titled ‘Digital Legal Literacy-Dissemination and Assessment’ | 3,83,546 |
| 9 | Karnataka | Abdul Nazir Sab State Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Mysuru, Karnataka for capacity building of Panchayati Raj Functionaries of Karnataka | 32,360 |
| 10 | Uttar Pradesh | National Law University, New Delhi is implementing a project titled ‘Adhikaron Ka Gyan Unnati Ki Pahchaan’ in Uttar Pradesh | 1,613 |
| 11 | Odisha | Shadow Advertising and Communications Pvt. Ltd., Bhubaneshwar, Odisha is implementing a project on ‘Innovative Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness Programme in Odisha’ | 3,48,964 |
| 12 | Maharashtra | State Institute for Rural Development, Pune, Maharashtra for promotion of VIDHI Doots in Maharashtra in 100 Gram Panchayats of the State | 1,639 |
| 13 | Bihar | Bihar Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (BIPARD), Patna is promoting 700 VIDHI Mitras in Gram Panchayats of Bihar | 1,024 |
| 14 | Meghalaya | Meghalaya State Legal Services Authorities, Shillong, Meghalaya is working on Community Mediation in Meghalaya | 99 |
| 15 | New Delhi | Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi is implementing a national level ‘Monitoring and Evaluation of Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness Project’ | 18 |
| 16 | New Delhi | DoJ has signed MoU with IGNOU for strengthening Paralegal practice in India | 549 |
| 17 | Puducherry | DoJ has signed MoA with Dr Ambedkar Government Law College, Puducherry for implementation of Legal Literacy & Legal Awareness with Schools/Colleges and communities. | 230 |
COVID-19 Pandemic and lockdowns emerged as big challenge in conducting community level legal awareness and outreach activities. Hence, virtual medium and social media platforms were used in reaching out to front line functionaries through series of Legal Awareness Webinars. From September 2021 to October, 2023, twenty thematic legal awareness webinars were organized on national level socio-legal issues including the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Child Rights, Fundamental Duties, the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, Gender Justice in India, Rights of senior citizens, cybercrimes, Rights of undertrials in India, Rights of Transgender Persons, Consumer Rights, Child Labour in India, Rehabilitation of Acid Attack Survivors, Labour Laws and Child Sexual Abuse. These interactive and participatory webinars reached out to 4.62 lakh beneficiaries