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Andhra Pradesh Bihar Chhattisgarh Gujarat Haryana Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
Arunachal Pradesh Goa Himachal Pradesh Meghalaya Mizoram Sikkim Tripura
Andaman & Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Daman & Diu Delhi Jammu & Kashmir Ladakh Lakshadweep Puducherry
Assam Manipur Nagaland
NALSA fund utilized State's share in legal aid budget State legal aid budget utilised Per capita spend on legal aid New
DLSA secretary vacancy PLVs per lakh population Sanctioned secretaries as % of DLSAs Panel lawyers trained
Share of women in panel lawyers Women PLVs Share of women DLSA secretaries New
DLSAs as % of state judicial districts Villages per legal services clinic Legal services clinic per jail Presence of front offices in LSIs Presence of front offices in DLSAs
PLA cases: settled as % of received Total LAs: Pre-litigation cases disposed SLSA LAs: Pre-litigation in cases taken up SLSA LAs: Disposal of pre-litigation cases New SLSA LAs: Disposal of pending cases New
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This page shows data for all IJR indicators, organized by pillar and theme. The visualisation below shows how the cluster of 18 large and mid-sized states fare on the chosen indicator. States ranked 1-6 for the indicator are shown in blue, those ranked 7-12 in light green and those ranked 13-18 in light brown. Mouseover on the map to see a state’s exact values for the indicator and the raw data used to calculate the indicator. To know more about the indicator, click on the ‘i’ button next to the indicator name. Use the side bar and indicator dropdown to navigate to other indicators across pillars and themes.
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Shows presence of mandatory legal services clinic in rural areas
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Pillar: Legal aid

Theme: Infrastructure

IJRs: 1, 2, 3

Formula: Inhabited villages / Legal service clinics in villages

Benchmark: Not available

Scoring guide: Lower, the better

Latest period/date: 2011 (villages), 2021-22 (legal service clinics)

Latest data source: Primary Census Abstract, Census 2011; National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)

Notes:

IJR 1: 1. Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Delhi have villages but no legal service clinics in villages

IJR 2: 1. Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh and Delhi have villages but no legal service clinics in villages.

IJR 3: 1. Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep have villages but no legal service clinics in villages. 2. Data on villages not available for Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh.

Rank State Score (out of 10)
1
 Kerala
10.00
2
 Tamil Nadu
9.99
3
 West Bengal
9.97
4
 Gujarat
9.96
5
 Uttarakhand
9.95
6
 Andhra Pradesh
9.95
7
 Madhya Pradesh
9.94
8
 Punjab
9.92
9
 Maharashtra
9.91
10
 Rajasthan
9.85
11
 Odisha
9.84
12
 Telangana
9.80
13
 Bihar
9.77
14
 Uttar Pradesh
9.63
15
 Karnataka
9.61
16
 Jharkhand
9.50
17
 Chhattisgarh
1.00
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