YS Jagan releases Rs 7.98 crore to junior advocates under ‘Law Nestham’ scheme
The Chief Minister said that so far, the State Government has extended Rs. 49.51 crore as financial assistance to 6,069 advocates after launching the scheme
AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy released Rs 7.98 crore towards the second tranche of YSR Law Nestham for the year 2023-24 benefiting 2,807 junior advocates. An amount of Rs 30,000 each, covering the period from July to December 2023, would be credited directly into their bank accounts.
The Chief Minister released the amount virtually from his camp office, Tadepalli on Monday. YS Jagan said that YSR Law Nestham was introduced as per his Padayatra promise. It would extend financial support to junior advocates during their initial three years after enrollment in the bar, he said.
Under the programme, the State Government would pay a total stipend of Rs 1.80 lakh to each junior advocate in a period of three years. “Instead of paying the stipend of Rs 5,000 every month, the Government has decided to pay the amount every six months as it will provide better utility for advocates and better monitoring,” he said.
The Chief Minister said that so far, the State Government has extended Rs. 49.51crore as financial assistance to 6,069 advocates after launching the scheme, he said, and asked the junior advocates to extend their support to the poor when they settle down in profession.
YS Jagan said that the Government had also set up Advocates Welfare Trust with Rs 100 crore as corpus fund to help them in different ways. It had extended financial help of Rs 52 lakh to as many as 643 lawyers during the COVID-19 pandemic, besides providing Rs 11.56 crore loans to as many as 7,733 lawyers and medi-claim benefit of Rs 11.41 crore to as many as 14, 840 advocates.
Several junior advocates across the State have also interacted with the Chief Minister and thanked him for extending financial support. Most of them said that the financial help was helping them to prepare for the competitive examinations. Chief Secretary Dr KS Jawahar Reddy, Law Secretary G Satya Prabhakara Rao, senior officials of the Law department and senior advocates were among those present.