New Delhi, June 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal has approved the continuation of the Central Sector Scheme ‘Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice (DISHA)’ restructured as DISHA 2.0 for a period of five years, said an official on Monday.
The tenure of DISHA 2.0 will run from April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2031, co-terminus with the XVI Finance Commission cycle, the official said in a statement.
The Scheme has a total approved financial outlay of Rs 255 crore, to be funded entirely through 100 per cent Gross Budgetary Support of the Government of India.
The Central Sector Scheme DISHA 2.0 was appraised and recommended by the Standing Finance Committee meeting, chaired by Niraj Verma, Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, the statement said.
DISHA 2.0 introduces a new Component, VIDHI-Sanjeevani (Vision for Integrated Delivery of Harmonised Legal Initiatives), with a Centralised Digital Platform and an AI-Powered Nyaya Setu Chatbot for Technology-Enabled Justice Delivery.
It will feature an Integrated Dashboard consolidating real-time data streams from all four components, including integration of the AI-powered multilingual Nyaya Setu Chatbot (developed with BHASHINI) for legal query resolution, data analytics, and reporting.
DISHA 2.0 retains the earlier three components, including: Tele-Law for free pre-litigation legal advice; Nyaya Bandhu for pro bono legal services by lawyers; and the Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness Programme.
DISHA 2.0 directly advances India's commitment to SDG-16 and the Viksit Bharat vision of 2047. It is aligned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision, as articulated at the National Conference on 'Strengthening the Legal Aid Delivery Mechanisms' on November 8, 2025, the statement said.
The Prime Minister had said that “ease of doing business” and “ease of living” would remain incomplete without “ease of justice”.
Disha 2.0 reaffirms the Government of India's commitment to ensuring that no citizen is denied access to justice by reason of economic or other disabilities, as enshrined under Article 39A of the Constitution of India.
DISHA 2.0 targets to achieve a cumulative outreach of three crore beneficiaries across all four Programme Components
The erstwhile DISHA Scheme (2021-26), with a financial outlay of Rs 250 crore, was implemented by the Department of Justice on a pan-India scale.
As on May 31, 2026, the DISHA Scheme had achieved a cumulative outreach of over 2.37 crore beneficiaries, comprising 1.13 crore-plus pre-litigation legal advices under Tele-Law, 10,681 registered Pro-Bono Advocates and 109 Pro-Bono Clubs established across 31 States/UTs under Nyaya Bandhu, and outreach to 1.24 crore-plus beneficiaries under LLLAP, said the statement.
Source: IANS
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