Felicitates 3 top Village Level Entrepreneurs
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22 JAN 2020 5:21PM by PIB Delhi
The
Department of Justice, Government of India celebrated 1,50,000
registrations for advice on Tele-Law, which is an initiative to provide
pre-litigation advice to the needy people, here today. The event was
organized by CSC Corporation in association with the Department of
Justice.
The
workshop was attended by a large number of Para Legal Volunteers and
Village Level Entrepreneurs of Common Service Centres (CSCs). It was
highlighted in the workshop that Tele-Law provided a platform give
pre-litigation advice to the needy and unreached sections of the
society. A need was felt to strengthen this programme to combine digital
technology with persons having knowledge of law for better functioning.
Speaking
on the training programme, the Secretary, Justice, Ministry of Law
& Justice, Dr. Alok Srivastava said that the Tele-Law Team has
trained 930 Master Trainers who will in turn train about 56 thousand
Para Legal Volunteers (PLVs) and Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) all
over the country. A better and regular training is needed for PLVs and
VLEs for providing a better advice to the people, he added.
The
participants were also addressed on the subject of Citizen Duties. It
was stressed that one must always remember that we have rights along
with duties and we have to perform our duties with highest degree of
sincerity.
The
Tele-Law initiative was launched on April 20, 2017 with an aim to
provide legal advices in the villages through CSCs. A Pilot project
started in 1800 CSCs in 11 States in UP, Bihar, North Eastern States and
UT of Jammu and Kashmir. This scheme has been expanded to 115
Aspirational Districts in 100 days programme of the Government of India.
A
dedicated website on Tele-Law is maintained by the Department of
Justice which has been designed with support from CSC eGovernance and
has translated in to 22 languages. A Tele-Law mobile application is
available for the PLVs to pre-register Tele-Law cases. A Tele-Law
Dashboard is also developed with decentralized features for login and
registration of cases and view the status of cases added for Panel
Lawyers, Para Legal Volunteers etc.
Top
3 transacting VLEs under Tele Law were awarded on this occasion. A
Memorandum of Understanding between CSC Academy and Capgemini was
exchanged on the occasion. A Quiz programme was organized on the
Constitution Day.
The
Secretary, Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, the Addl. Secretary,
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, MD to CSC
Corporation, Senior Officials from Law and IT Ministries were present on
the occasion.
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(Release ID: 1600179)
Source: Press Information Bureau (PIB)
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