SARTHIE 1.0:
The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJE), Government of India, and the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) launched the SARTHIE 1.0.
- SARTHIE 1.0 is an initiative intended to empower disadvantaged communities, including Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Senior Citizens, Transgender Persons, Victims of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, persons engaged in the act of Begging, Denotified and Nomadic Tribes and more.
- It aligns with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly the goals focused on eradicating poverty, reducing inequality, and promoting social protection policies that ensure greater equality for all.
- The collaboration aims to bridge the awareness gap and provide legal assistance to ensure the effective implementation of social welfare programmes.
- It offers a synergy between the executive and the judiciary and ensures that social justice is further strengthened.
- NALSA was constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987
- It has a mandate to provide legal aid to disadvantaged groups and spread legal literacy.
- The Chief Justice of India is the patron-in-chief of NALSA, while the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court of India is the Executive Chairman.
- It is housed at the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi.
