Lucknow. A mega legal aid and service camp was organized on Sunday in the Kaiserbagh complex of the old High Court. In this camp organized on the instructions of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority, free legal aid, legal consultation and benefits of various government welfare schemes were made available to the needy at one place. In-charge District Judge Jainendra Kumar Pandey inaugurated the camp by lighting the lamp and garlanding the statue of Mother Saraswati.
Judicial officers, administrative officers, paralegal volunteers, renowned advocates and advocates of Legal Aid Defense Council participated in this camp organized at Gate No. 5 of the old High Court complex under the direction of District Judge and District Legal Services Authority Chairman Malkhan Singh. On this occasion, Additional District Judge and Nodal Officer Prakash Tiwari, Additional District Judge and Nodal Officer Raj Bahadur Singh and District Legal Services Authority Secretary Kunwar Mitresh Singh Kushwaha and other officers were present.
Weak and deprived sections got help on one platform
District Legal Services Authority Secretary Kunwar Mitresh Singh Kushwaha said that the objective of the camp is to provide benefits of government schemes along with legal aid to the poor, weak and deprived sections along with the disabled, children, women, unorganized sector workers and Scheduled Caste and Tribe people. Free legal aid, legal consultation and information related to Lok Adalats were provided in the camp.
In this event, many departments including Development, Social Welfare, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Women and Child Development, Education, Agriculture, Fisheries, Labor Welfare, Police, Health, Skill Development, Industry, Revenue, Transport, Housing and Urban Development set up their stalls. DUDA, NABARD, CIMAP, Food and Logistics Department and various voluntary organizations also participated. Eligible people were given information about the schemes and benefited on the spot through the departmental help desk.
Tricycle, moped and loan checks distributed
In the camp, free tricycles were distributed to the disabled by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. The Fisheries Department provided mopeds with ice boxes to the beneficiaries. Under the Mukhyamantri Yuva Yojana, youth were given bank loan cheques, while the Health Department distributed nutrition packets to tuberculosis patients.
Approval certificates for Girl Marriage Assistance Scheme and Destitute Women Pension were also distributed by the District Probation Office on behalf of Uttar Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
Approval letters distributed for many public welfare schemes
In the camp, under the Chief Minister Child Service Scheme, certificates related to assistance for the maintenance and education of children rendered destitute during the Covid-19 pandemic were given. Sanction letters were also given to the beneficiaries of Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (2.0) and PM Swanidhi Yojana.
Apart from this, the Agriculture Department distributed citations under the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme. Registration certificates were given by the Dairy Development Department and certificates of Chief Minister Swadeshi Cow Promotion Scheme under Nand Baba Milk Mission. The Social Welfare Department handed over the acceptance certificates of the National Family Benefit Scheme to the eligible beneficiaries. A large number of people benefited from this initiative of providing legal aid and government schemes on one platform.