Mr. Kiren Rijiju, Minister for Law and Justice informed Lok Sabha that Government has started a Centrally Sponsored Scheme since October2019 for setting up of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) for expeditious trial and disposal of cases related to rape and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences .
He further gave a brief the scheme that the Scheme is to be implemented in 31 States/UTs. As on 30.06.2022, a total of 728 FTSCs including 408 exclusive POCSO Courts are made operational in 28 States/UTs.
On the question of awareness of this scheme, the Minister pointed that the Department of Justice (DoJ) and National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) have been collectively implementing different programs to create legal awareness about legal assistance for women and children. The State Legal Services Authorities have been organizing legal awareness programmes to make people aware about the availability of free legal services to the entitled persons.
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