Jagan releases Rs 8 cr for ‘Law Nestham’

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy released Rs 7.98 crore towards the second tranche of YSR Law Nestham for 2023-24 benefiting 2,807 junior advocates.

An amount of Rs 30,000 each covering the period from July to December 2023, will be credited directly into their bank accounts. Releasing the amount virtually from Tadepalli near here, he said that YSR Law Nestham was introduced as per promise made by him during his padayatra before the elections.

It will extend financial support to junior advocates during their initial three years after enrolment in the bar to help them settle down in the profession. Under the programme, the government will pay a total stipend of Rs 1.8 lakh to each junior advocate in a period of three years.

The Chief Minister said that instead of paying the stipend of Rs 5000 every month, the government has decided to pay the amount every six months. So far, the government has extended Rs 49.51 crore as financial assistance to 6,069 advocates after launching the scheme, he said, asking the junior advocates to extend their support to the poor when they settle down in profession.

The Chief Minister said that the government has also set up Advocates Welfare Trust with Rs 100 crore as corpus fund to help them in different ways. It has extended financial help of Rs 52 lakh to 643 lawyers during Covid-19 pandemic besides providing loans worth of Rs 11.56 crore to 7,733 lawyers and medi-claim benefit of Rs 11.41 crore to 14,840 advocates.