Govt invites proposals from states for setting up Nari Adalats

The Nari Adalat scheme under the WCD Ministry entails groups of women at the gram panchayat level resolving grievances of women who have been denied their rights.

By: Express News Service

New Delhi | February 12, 2025 01:29 AM IST

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The government has written to states inviting proposals to establish ‘Nari Adalats’, Women and Child Development Minister Annpurna Devi said on Tuesday. The ministry intends to extend the scheme, already running on a pilot basis in Assam and J&K, to other states, said the minister.

The Nari Adalat scheme under the WCD Ministry entails groups of women at the gram panchayat level resolving grievances of women who have been denied their rights. The members of the Nari Adalat – around seven to 11 members called ‘nyaya sakhis’ – are nominated by the gram panchayat. It is running in 50 gram panchayats each in J&K and Assam, where it began on a pilot basis in 2023. In 2023-24, the WCD Ministry had released a little over `20 lakh each to the two states to implement the scheme.

Anil Malik, Secretary, WCD Ministry, wrote to officials in other states and UTs last month, requesting them to send proposals to set up Nari Adalats in at least 10 panchayats in states or five panchayats in the UT. Proposals from Bihar and Karnataka have already been accepted by the Ministry, Malik wrote.

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