EMN
Dimapur, February 10
Tuensang District Legal Services Authority (TDLSA) organized an orientation programme for the panel lawyers and paralegal volunteers about new schemes of the NALSA, in the DC’s conference hall in Tuensang.
The programme had special focus on the seven new schemes launched by the National Legal Services Authority, such as the Victims of Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation Scheme, 2015; Legal Services to Un-organized Sectors Schemes, 2015; Child friendly Legal Services and their Protection Schemes, 2015; Legal Services to the Mentally Ill and Mentally Disabled Person Scheme, 2015; Effective Implementation of Poverty Alleviation Schemes 2015; Protection and Enforcement of Tribal Rights Scheme; Legal Services to the Victims of Drug Abuse and Eradication of Drug Menace Scheme.
The resource person for the event was Nino Iralu, member secretary of the NSLSA. She highlighted the structure and functions of legal services authorities, head officials and members right from the national level to state level and district level.
Iralu also said the Legal Services Authority is the most effective and efficient agency for delivering and executing access to justice to the common people and at the grassroots level, paralegal volunteers are the most important and key players in implementing the NALSA seven schemes, 2015 as they are the bridge and medium between the common people, the legal services authorities and all stakeholders.
Officers from the district administration, Social Welfare department, district jail, the Juvenile Justice Board, Child Welfare Committee, DBs and other community stakeholders attended the programme. Panel Lawyer and Para Legal Volunteers from Chang, Yimchunger, Khiamniungan and Sangtam area attended the program and spoke about their experiences too.
