IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGAL AID AND NALSA SCHEMES

• NALSA (National Legal Services Authority) is the apex statutory body delivering free legal aid under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, operationalising Article 39A of the Constitution.
• In 2025, NALSA rolled out a fresh suite of schemes — SPRUHA, JAGRITI, Veer Parivar Sahayata Yojana, Human–Wildlife Conflict Victims Scheme — alongside the Tele-Law programme under the DISHA Central Sector Scheme of the Department of Justice.
• Examinable as a GS-II governance/welfare topic combining constitutional rights, statutory architecture and scheme-level facts.