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Zaheer Jan – Eminent specialist and Social Worker fighting for rights of persons with special needs 

News Kashmir Exclusive 

Zaheer Jan, paediatric Rehabilitation specialist and professional Social worker has been untiringly  working with persons with special needs especially  children with special needs.  He has seen how  parents face difficult challenges while dealing with the issues faced by their  children with special needs.

He talks on diverse issues faced by the Special  needs people with News Kashmir.

” In 2011 the population of Jammu and Kashmir persons with special needs was around 4 lac,now it would be much more as we don’t have exact data on it  .

When I saw persons with special needs especially children facing lot of problems,  I founded the organization Save the Destitute Foundation and I am its Chairman.  The aims and objectives of the organization are  Child and disability rights , Capacity building and  Advocacy for persons with disabilities,  inclusive education,  disasters and health issues.  We have different areas of burning concern to work in our organization   . When we saw as organization there is no awareness in Kashmir related to inclusive education, early intervention, job policy and we thus organised many conferences and workshops to create awareness on same,” States Zaheer Jan.

He observes :” Parents face much different and difficult challenges while fighting for rights of their disabled children . We as organization approached number of schools to provide admission quota rights to children with special needs.  We also wrote to higher authorities .”

Zaheer Jan opines that despite so much efforts in this regard the school responses have been so far been dismal.

Zaheer believes with article 370 abrogation many bright  central laws on persons with special needs  automatically applied on Jammu and Kashmir   . So me , Dr  .

Chintanjeet Kaur ,Mudasir Sahaban wrote to Director School Education and Chief Secretary to implement RPD act admission for children with special needs ,but there was no response  . We then knocked doors of judiciary via PIL and the then Chief Justice JK ordered Government and schools to answer on the points.

The school excuse was that they don’t have accessible building ,educators for same but the court ordered to take full steps to ensure RPD act is implemented in letter and spirit. 

Zaheer Jan believes that he still gets to know  lot of painful things from parents that their children with special needs are not getting admission in schools .

He states as soon as child is diagnosed with any disability he needs immediate early intervention. 

Zaheer Jan opines that infrastructure related to children with special needs from schools to health centers and other early intervention centers here in Kashmir are located mostly in few selected urban hubs and the awareness about such schools is lagging   . He believes that both resource rooms and number of educators have to increase ,and the infrastructure for children need to be fully equipped to deal with their needs  . He believes that such things are lagging . Zaheer Jan has successfully won several cases in favour of children with special  needs .

Zaheer Jan currently works with Brainpreneur and  Child Development Center  organization of Sunaina Tickoo, which has centres both in Jammu and Kashmir  . The Organization is focused on early intervention wherein they tackle from cerebral palsy to Down syndrome all problems related to disabilities . The Organization also helps poor children in their treatment  . The Organization gives treatment to children according to their needs. 

Zaheer Jan states that Sunaina Tikoo via occupation and speech therapy are focused on readiness to School so that children are able to go to mainstream schools.  The Brainpreneurs also aims to setup vocational education for children with special needs  

Zaheer Jan has a fervent appeal to Government to draft a policy to Private schools to fix a percentage of admission quota for children with special needs, he also urges the Government to ensure establishment of vocational training centers,  wide ranging friendly infrastructure,  more trainers, more institutions and Job quota for persons with special needs or disabilities. 

Potatoes are Symbol of Gurez to World

Rameez Makhdoomi 

Potatoes are an excellent source of many vitamins and minerals.the fiber, vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals it provides can help ward off disease and benefit human health.

Potatoes were first domesticated in the Andes in South America up to 10,000 years ago. Spanish explorers introduced them to Europe in the early 16th century.

Potatoes have helped in world peace .

According to a new study on the topic,  published online few years back the National Bureau of Economic Research, conflict decreased historically in 16 th and 17 the century  by 15 percent in areas that could more easily grow potatoes. This is due to fact that in less land more potatoes were grown. 

The border valley of Gurez located at distance of 125 kilometers  and its adjoining Tehsil Tulail have huge potential in growing high quality and tasty potatoes. Its cold environs and the quality of soil, the valley, which already produces a good quantity of potatoes, is also suitable for growing its seeds.

The beauty and stories of Gurez are historical, full of beauty and mystery  .

The Gurez Valley historically has been bastion of growing quality potatoes and since due to tough terrain valley remained mostly closed from rest of world in winter months and thus  Potatoes were lone source of stable food crop.

Gurezis mostly do organic farming instead of using pesticides in their farms. The Gurez Valley’s Izmarg potato farm is also famed for its high-quality potatoes.

The SKUAST scientists at Izmarg potatoes farm told us that Gurez has huge potential to be a world leader in production of quality potatoes and with time more people are taking to potateo cultivation with interest and they too are working untiringly to come up with quality varieties of Potatoes from Gurez .

In almost every home of Gurez and Tulail be it fried or steamed potatoes or other dishes made out of Gurez Potatoes their taste is unmatched in world , and Potatoes vegetable is symbol of positive Gurez to world.

Mesmerising Habba Khatoon Peak and spring Gurez 

Farzana Mumtaz

Gurez Valley is one of the unique spots of Jammu and Kashmir , full of natural beauty and serene environments  . Located at just 120l5 kilometers from Srinagar  a four hour drive from Srinagar through tough terrain the valley of Gurez is totally Mesmerising. 

At the center of Gurez  the tall mountain is Habba Khatoon peak. 

The peak with all its awe inspiring beauty is also a great tribute to the legendary poet and Ascetic of Kashmir Habba Khatoon. 

 The Peaks talk in their own language to natural lovers and have unbelievable attraction  and filled with natural wealth  .

On the other hand of the spectrum,  The Habba Khatoon spring is among the one of the beautiful springs of Kashmir full of gushing water creating a loud but wonderful noise of unhindered flow of water. It’s water is considered one of the purest waters in the world  . Many opine that the water of this gorgeous spring has medicinal properties in terms of healing .

Simply,  Gurez Valley is full of scenic views and beauty .

Every Human is Born with Unique Talent : Dr. Sumaiya Rafiq Zargar 

Mir Sabeen Gulrez
Founder of DotEducation and Ambassdor of SACO(Save All Children Organization),INSPAD(Institute of Peace And Development) and Chairperson NHRSJC(National Human Rights Social Justice Council), Dr Sumaiya Rafiq Zargar is an Educational Researcher and is also a Social Worker.Having hundred(100+) plus awards like national and international with her,like Honorary Doctorate Award from US , Excellence Award In Peace Education and many more. Dr. Sumaiya is a renowned professional in the field of  holistic educational services. She is very popular amongst students and parents for her presentations and workshops. Through her various  presentations, and  workshop she has guided many students and parents on topics like holistic healing and educational awarness She has a special passion to contribute in the field of educational field  and spread literacy to underprivileged children. Working with different NGOs Voluntarily. She believes that every individual can be easily motivated & inspired to reach their goal by proper guidance. Dr. Sumaiya believes that every human is born with bright  inside , that needs to be shaped in the perfect way. DR Sumaiya is holding Masters, skill certifications Honorary Doctorates from the USA and other countries, with multiple awards  for her contribution and benevolent work in field of social services.Having a sixteen (16) years of experience in media , holistic education , events , marketing , stress management . Dr SumaiyaIs a Presenter , writer,Poet, Ambassador of peace . She is author of books like Peace World Book,The Beginning , Men To Women.When asked about Dot Education Dr Sumaiya Rafiq said that,”Dot education is UK based company with the vision to empower every individual with  skill developmental  programs. Our aim  is  to provide every individual  learning as well as earning opportunities through our platform. Dot educations impact is evident in its skill based programs  that enable students to attain successful careers, become community leaders and live independent  with earning opportunities and meaningful lives”. For under-resourced students, opportunities for a better life is priority. Therefore ,Dot education aims to provides support to such individuals  through  our skillset programs to benefit such individuals worldwide through learning and earning module, she futher added .In an Exclusive Interview with New Kashmir Magazine Dr Sumaiaya on being asked How did you get the idea for your business?Education is something that powers my dreams and passions into action, I always love to do something that advances innovation, enhances productivity, and improves myself. Through my experience in Media, Events, Marketing, and Holistic educational industry, I innovated the cornerstone of creating an educational platform called Dot education which is based in the UK and acts as a virtual platform to represent the Globe by not only providing skills but enterprise holistic educational systems with earning opportunities around the world. Being an educational researcher, social activist, Global Goodwill Ambassadors SACO, and Chairperson of NHRSJC.  We have been doing a lot in terms of educating and Supporting Underserved children in 132 countries. We facilitate holistic educational support, workshops, Skill developmental programs, and mental health programs to support individuals around us.What makes an effective leader?To me, my definition of effective leadership is to bring out the best in every individual. I believe every human is born with a unique talent that needs to be nurtured by providing the right direction, inspiration, and guidance. It can be exhibited only if the leader is honest, effective courageous, passionate, confident, committed, and ambitious. What do you find most challenging about this work?The future is challenging itself but at the same time, it’s exciting as well. In the current circumstance like a pandemic, it is even more challenging because we are navigating uncertainty in terms of the world economy as well as advanced technology.  At the same time, we are very positive that online and technology-based teaching has continued to grow and the education system is getting more hybrid, as well as blended programs, are emerging. This has raised new business models as well as new teaching environments with different types of solutions, advanced virtual reality, immersive learning, and simulations. It has also prepared us to be ready for new unpredictable challenges.What has been your most significant achievement?So far, my significant achievement in terms of my personal life is that I’m getting closer to the Almighty by understanding the facts of life, good and bad energies along with the people surrounding me. As far as my professional life is considered I am an honest human with some skill sets as a leader, communicator, presenter, analyst, motivator, and educator. I consider this as my greatest accomplishment because people value my efforts to make them grow and be happy.What goals are you still working towards achieving?I am all set for Dot education to be a leading educational platform where every individual gets skill sets to learn and earn same time What marketing tactics do you find most effective for reaching dot education?It All Starts with passion, vision, and the right strategy. I along with my team especially my younger brother and Dot tech partner (UmotKose) try not to leave a single chance to make our marketing tactics weak, we consider using and understanding the importance of all aspects be it inbound as well outbound marketing with suggestions and feedbackWhat motivates you?My father’s advice developed an internal wish inside me to be different and die as a legend. My father is no doubt a legend and his trait are transferred to me as well.  What challenges did you have to overcome at the beginning of your journey?Well, that’s a very good question. If I talk from my personal perspective then it being a Mother of 4 years and balancing between my passion and responsibility as a mother and house maker then as an entrepreneur of virtual business the first thing I was going to struggle with is traffic.It was like I along with my team created a beautiful educational platform, we had appealing trainers but no one to avail of opportunities. And that’s because, in the beginning, our website is like a drop in the ocean where we have to attract our target audience in our niche.How I overcome this is only because we searched for the right affiliates in our niche to promote our platform and send traffic. It’s a win-win situation: the affiliate gets somewhere between 25-30% profit and we get the difference and traffic in our store.Your message? I really wanted you people should stand and I am ready to help those who actually wanted . If you have skills utilize that connect with us and we will help you.

TRIBAL PROBLEMS IN INDIA 
By Monalisa Parida 
         India is a vast country having a land area of nearly 33 lakhs square kilometres stretched from the mighty Himalayas in the north to the tropical rainforest in the south, from the Thar desert of the west to the chain of hills in the east. In this vast country live people of several communities, ethnic groups and religious beliefs. Tribals are scattered in various parts of India though largely found in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, parts of Jharkhand, Bihar and the eastern states. As the name suggests they belong to certain tribes-mainly nomadic gatherers and hunters, and other settlers around dense forests or water bodies.       These Tribes are self-sufficient, physically strong and have their own lifestyle. Those who live on the peripheries of forests depend mainly on forest products-fruits, roots, herbs and timber. They gather these things at great risk to their lives. They hunt wild animals for food. Some tribes, who have made their settlements around towns and cities, may do casual labour. Some of the Tribals of Rajasthan are quite skilful in making iron tools like sickles, knives, tongs, spades, etc.        They sell these things in the towns and cities where they often settle in slums on the roadside. Elsewhere, they also sell forest products like resin, honey, medicinal herbs, etc.     The Tribals are facing several serious problems. The major among these are……..1. The problem of Geographic separation 2. Cultural problems 3. Social problems4. Economic problems     i) Exploitation     ii) Unprofitable Agriculture     iii) Problem of land ownership     iv) Unemployment and underemployment     v) Non- availability of banking facilities 5. Educational problems     i) The problem of language     ii) The curriculum of education 6. Problem of health and sanitation 7. Problem of separatism    i) Tribal revolts and uprisings     ii) Smuggling, infiltration and drug addiction 8. Gender issues 9. Problems of health and nutrition       Because of economic backwardness and insecure livelihood, the Tribals face health problems, such as prevalence of disease, like malaria, cholera, tuberculosis, diarrhoea and jaundice, problems associated with malnutrition like iron deficiency and anaemia, high infant mortality rates, low levels of life expectancy, etc.      Present day, problems faced by Adivasis are militarization, urbanisation, construction of dams, industrialisation which cause deforestation. Unlawful grabbing of tribal lands has been going on  these days.

      FAILURE AND SUCCESS ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN           

   Dr Suhaib Ashraf Bhat

Peace of mind, contentment, happiness and freedom from worries and anxiety, these are what everyone wants, and these are the ways in which people can have a good life and find complete happiness and joy. There are religious means of achieving this, and natural and practical means, but no one can combine all of them except the believers; although other people may achieve some of them, they will miss out on others.The name of failure is enough to put us off it and strive for success, regardless of the material gains that a man may attain as the result of his success, because failure is a word that implies shortcomings and loss, and success is a word that implies perfection and praise. Failure and success are two sides of the same coin, although they may seem to contradict one another at first glance. But in fact they are interconnected if you think about it, based on experience and real life.You might often come across a conversation pertaining to things like “sadness is shaytan’s doing” or that “a believer never gets sad” or even that “sadness is an indication of weak or incomplete faith”. Nothing, and I mean nothing, could be further from the truth. Statements like these only escalate the process of drowning for individuals who suffer from depression, anxiety or hopelessness. It is of the utmost importance that people know the difference between sadness and depression; sadness is a typical human emotion and depression is a much more damaging and longer lasting condition of hopelessness, despair, and dejection. Sadness is a part of what makes us human. No living soul is unfamiliar with it; even our Prophets faced multiple episodes of sadness. For example, Yaqub (Alahisalam) wept until he lost his vision and even our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah swt be upon him) experienced bouts of sadness upon the loss of his wife and uncle. Hence, sadness is not a sign of weakness in any form. To experience sadness is to be human. Having strong faith, or Imaan, does not render a believer to be an exception to the emotion of sadness. Depression is majorly defined by a sense of hopelessness- in yourself and in the world around you. It is rooted in a sense of sheer helplessness where you feel like nothing is in your control. But that is the truth; nothing IS in your control. It is in Allah’s (swt) control. Take a moment, embrace your lack of control over your circumstances, and know that the one in control is the best of planners and loves you more than you can imagine. Surrender your attempts to control your life, leave it up to Allah (swt), and trust His plan for you. Sometimes, the human mind is unable to understand Allah’s (swt) ultimate wisdom behind every single thing that happens to us. However, by accepting that Allah (swt) is in control and welcoming His plans for us ultimately leads to the enrichment of our mind, body and soul.Steadfastness of heart and not being disturbed about the imaginary things that bad thoughts may bring to mind. For when a person gives in to his imagination and lets his mind be disturbed by these thoughts, such as fear of disease and the like, or anger and confusion stirred up by some grievous matter, or the expectation of bad things and the loss of good things, it will fill him with worries, distress, mental and physical illness and nervous breakdowns, which will have a bad effect on him and which causes a great deal of harm, as many people have seen. But when a person depends on Allah swt and puts his trust in Him, and does not give in to his imagination or let bad thoughts overwhelm him, and he relies on Allah swt and has hope of His bounty, this wards off his worries and distress, and relieves him of a great deal of mental and physical sickness. It gives indescribable strength, comfort and happiness to the heart. How many hospitals are filled with the mentally sick victims of illusions and harmful imagination; how often have these things had an effect upon the hearts of many strong people, let alone the weak ones; how often have they led to foolishness and insanity. It should be noted that your life will follow your train of thought. If your thoughts are of things that will bring you benefit in your spiritual or worldly affairs, then your life will be good and happy. Otherwise it will be the opposite.Have great hope in Allah swt, and do not let the Shaytaan cause you to despair of the vast mercy of Allah swt which He has guaranteed for His believing slaves. You need to increase your hope and trust in Allah swt Who forgives all sins, and who accepts the slave who seeks His protection and refuge, for He is the Most Merciful, the Oft-Forgiving and the Most Loving.  You should increase your good deeds, upholding the ties of kinship, etc. The sadness which we feel also happens to others, for it is something natural. How many people were examples followed by others and had a great deal of drive and ambition, then they lost their drive and ambition for a long time, then it came back to them by the grace of Allah swt. Remember the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah swt be upon him): “Everybody has his time of energy, and every time of energy is followed by a time of lethargy. But if a person tries to follow a moderate path, then I have hope for him, but if he becomes one who is pointed out (in the street), then do not think anything of him.”(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2453; classed as hasan (sound) by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 1995). 
What is meant by “Everybody has his time of energy” is eagerness for a thing, energy and the desire to do good.What is meant by “every time of energy is followed by a time of lethargy” is tiredness, weakness and lack of movement.“But if a person tries to follow a moderate path” means that the one who has energy does his deeds in moderation and avoids going to extremes when he is feeling energetic and avoids being negligent when he is feeling lethargic.“Then I have hope for him” means, I have hope that he will be successful, for he can continue following a middle course, and the most beloved deeds to Allah swt are those which are continuous.“but if he becomes one who is pointed out (in the street)” means, if he strives hard and goes to extremes in doing good deeds so that he will become famous for his worship and asceticism, and he becomes famous and people point him out to one another,“then do not think anything of him” means, do not think that he is one of the righteous, because he is showing off. He did not say, “do not have hope for him,” as an indication that he has already fallen, and he will not be able to make up for what he has missed out on. Think about this hadeeth, and relate it to your own situation and the situation of others: you will see a clear similarity. This hadeeth clearly states that man goes through a stage of incomparable eagerness and great focus and ambition, and then suddenly he becomes weak and loses that focus and eagerness and ambition. When he reaches this stage, he must strive even harder to do obligatory duties and avoid haraam (impermissible) things. If he does that, then there is the hope that he will succeed and progress, but if he falls into haraam things and stops doing obligatory things, he will be lost and doomed.Don’t ever forget that Allah (swt) will never burden you with something that is beyond your capacity to deal with. Even on days when you feel as if you cannot take it anymore, know that you can survive it- for Allah (swt) knows us better than we know ourselves and whatever trial you’re facing in your life, know that He also gives you the strength to handle that trial.
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Tablighi Jamaat Mehsana – Oasis of Humanity 

By Rameez Makhdoomi 

Mehsana, also spelled Mahesana, is a city and municipality in Mehsana district, in the Indian state of Gujarat. 
Mehsana is known as milk bowl of world and Mehsana is placed on the northern direction on Gujarat geographical map and renowned for oil and gas industries laid down in the city.
At this calm and beautiful District of Gujarat the Tablighi Jamaat is leading the efforts of projecting great teachings of Islam in peaceful manner and also doing much work on ensuring the communal harmony. 
Tablighi Jamaat has a strong base in the State of Gujarat with Mehsana among its strong holds. Preaching muslims how to be good humans and how to contribute in the welfare of humanity is their focus. 
The likes of Mehboob Bhai From Tablighi Jamaat in Mehsana are taking the lead in urging the Gujrati Muslims to be exemplary humans and shine on the character front. He believes that humanity, pro people approach without any bias can make this world a very peaceful place. 
Mehboob Bhai lays emphasis that regular prayers can help a Muslim to be an example, as prayer heals many inner faults according to him. He states that humans should learn to respect each other despite many differences in thinking. 
In the belt around Mehsana District Mehsana scores of Tablighi activists campaign to masses how to be better humans and contribute to welfare activities.

Title:- WAR AND PEACEMonalisa Parida 
     War and peace lies in every fellow who lives in this world. There are some people who are always ready to do war in small issues where it is not at all necessary on the other hand issues can get solved with the help of weapon of peace but still there are some people who don’t understand the language of peace and so in this situation fight takes place. But there are some people who always try to solve the problem with the help of peace. In this world where people are ready to show their superiority wherever they get a chance, people who believe in peace and they always try to solve their difficulties with the help of peace.      War and evil, the greatest catastrophe that befalls human beings. It brings death and destruction, disease and starvation, poverty and ruin life. Peace is generally considered to always be a direct result of warfare. Peace is the concept of friendship and harmony among each other in the absence of violence, brutality and sadness. We can bring peace even without war. Peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflicts such as war and freedom from fear of violence between individuals and groups. The whole world is divided into two parts, one is that there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where there dejection and darkness. When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.    Once the Prime Minister of India said:“Instead of thinking of war and preparing for war; we should think about peace and prepare for it.”

• FREE LEGAL AID IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR : challenges and recommendations
By Advocate Adnan Magray (Adnanmagray123@gmail.com)

Legal Aid implies giving free legal service to the poor and needy who cannot afford  the services of a lawyer for the conduct of a case or a legal proceeding in any court, tribunal or before an authority.  The concept of legal aid in the form of Article 39A exists in our constitutional framework. Hence, legal aid is not a charity or bounty, but is a constitutional obligation of the state and right of the citizens. The problems of human law and justice, guided by the constitutional goals to the solution of disparities, agonies, despairs, and handicaps of the weaker, yet larger brackets of India’s humanity is the prime object of the dogma of “equal justice for all”. Thus, legal aid strives to ensure that the constitutional pledge is fulfilled in its letter and spirit and equal justice is made available to the downtrodden and weaker sections of the society. It is the duty of the State to see that the legal system promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunity for all its citizens. It must therefore arrange to provide free legal aid to those who cannot access justice due to economic and other disabilities.Time and again it has been reiterated by our courts that legal aid may be treated as a part of right created under Article 21 and also under Article 14 and Article 22(1)[Hussainara v. Home Secretary, State of Bihar. Also Khatri v. State of Bihar, Suk Das v. Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh, Kishore v. State of Himanchal Pradesh.• How to avail of free legal aid ?• The right of early access to legal representation is one of the fundamental elements of fair trial rights.
• Free legal aid can be availed either offline or online depending upon the preference of an individual.
• One can directly approach the nearest Legal Service Authority and can either opt for already filled up forms or can put down on paper necessary details stating, in brief, the purpose for seeking legal aid.• Another alternative is to send the application online • i.e. by email to NALSA (at dlsa@nic.in) or through the online application form available at the official DLSA’s website• A person who qualifies the expressed norms demonstrated in the Legal Service Authorities Act 1987[8] within working days action is taken upon the stated application, without investing a cent and irrespective of fact one having his counsel during all stages can get free legal guidance and aid.• Regardless of getting legal aid from DLSA, one can still avail the services of private counsel after taking permission from the member secretary of DLSA .
• Various Means of Justices Delivery System• Lok Adalat
• How can one approach Lok Adalat?
• A person can simply put down on paper the essential details with intention and can move to the nearest Lok Adalat service. Subsequently, before the trial procedure if a party wishes to resolve in the Lok Adalat[9] they can through the format available with Legal Services Authorities[10] or through an application.
• Mobile Lok Adalats: A New Initiative
• Mobile Lok Adalat is also known as Justice at the doorsteps. A team consisting of skilled individuals visits numerous remote areas as per the agenda instructed with the aid of DLSA. They stress resolving confrontations through compromise, they provide assistance and necessary information in case one requires legal help and focus on organizing legal literacy campaigns.
• Legal Aid Clinics• The paralegal volunteers operate these clinics focusing on fixing issues of common people with dedication and a sense of commitment.
• Legal Aid Clinics camps are located in a habitat that is easily accessible to the local people. To make them conscious of their protected rights and equip them to avail the privileges of the several aid programmes financed by the State and Central Government.
• Pro Bono Legal Services• Pro bono legal services is a complimentary service that can be accessed through the website[11] using which the weaker and downtrodden sections of the society can approach a professional pro bono

• Online Forums• Every year we observe an increase in the volume of lawsuits adding to this the underprivileged people residing in villages and remote areas struggle to approach the courtroom taking into account the above-mentioned reasons DOJ (Department of Justice) had launched “Nyaya Bandhu”, a mobile application for the purpose to the uplift condition of the people making convenience pro bono services for all persons.
• While other apps including path legal, legal aid, free legal advice are too available on the Google Play Store. One can post law-related queries, as well as search for specific lawyer’s and can get online advice, free legal advice etc.
• Obstacles to Legal Aid  in jammu and kashmir : • According to the recent census 13%  to that  are poor, while jammu and kashmir  continues to be home to 32%  illiterate people), the facts suggest that the large number  population is illiterate and also unaware of their protected rights.
• Lawyer’s cannot be Compelled• It is an undeniable fact that the attorneys furnishing pro-bono aid neither can be pressured nor can be compelled to go ahead with the lawsuit since they are not the public prosecutor so it’s up to their individual choice to continue with the case.
• Although on many occasions the praiseworthy effort of many lawyers serving the impoverished area of society by means of imparting them relevant legal help free of cost has not received any worthy commendation.

• Major Drawbacks of legal aid in jammu and kashmir : • Lack of public legal awareness• About 70% of the people living in rural areas are illiterate and even more than that percentage of the people are not aware of the right conferred upon them by law.• It has been observed that even literate people on occasion lack awareness.• In the city area of Srinagar or jammu  itself, only 76. 2% of women possessed the knowledge of how and what the legal aid services were and 23.8% were having no clue about the same .
• Perception plays a significant role in shaping people decision• According to the one  report, 76.2% of women knowing the types of poor services offered by Legal Aid counsels did not engage with them, while 23.8% women ignorant of such services, engaged in the decision-making process of not hiring a LAC just based on their perception (that itself was shaped by other) that the quality of the services suffers.
• Further, the research also proved the fact that most of the women make these decisions based on perceptions of low quality as 97.2% of them had not previously engaged in any kind of legal aid services and had no direct exposure to the same. Only 2.8% of them had engaged in such services.• Poor shape of Legal Aid Counsels• As estimated by a study, 81% of Legal Aid counsels take up the job intending to serve the poor. However, this may be undermined by the following problems:• Low salary and delay in payment: the major issue affecting lack of incentive and preference for private law practice is the meagre amount of payment they receive with almost 23% of the candidates complaining regarding the same according to a study.• The research states the major cause of such delay to be the non-availability of funds with the DLSAs.
• Legal aid as last option resorted to by people.• Almost 75% of people adopting such legal services believe in doing so as a last resort. Almost 22.6% of people have also shown their disapproval for resorting to such services in the future.• Also, due to lack of trust and reliability over legal aid services, 60% of women under the Study, despite being familiar with such services went on to adopt private lawyers.

• Recommendations : • The Legal Aid panel needs to begin with grass-root level, accordingly facilitating door to door services focusing on the layman and underprivileged section who seek legal guidance. A timely and coherent manner is vital for the sound working of the justice system and also enable the built-in trust of people.
• Legal awareness drives need to connect far off remote regions for this traditional media, roadshows, loudspeakers, banners, brochure distribution so forward can be effective.
• Informative projects or educational sessions running in the online media, print media requires a prior strategy i.e. set an intended interest group before dispatch of such projects as it will assist with bringing gigantic traffic.
• Among the legal profession incentive for pro-bono must be inculcated. Paralegal career advantages must be promoted among undergraduates as the employment of paralegals and legal assistants are projected to grow 12 per cent from 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for all occupations.
• As discussed above, the board working toward legitimate help should participate in discussion with the public authority as the active role of legislative organizations in supporting and providing funds are imperative to provide the right tract to any awareness drive.
• NGO’s, student organisations must promote informal paralegal services in isolated towns wherein basic amenities are not accessible.• The Legal Aid policy drafted by the paralegal groups must be monitored and biannual reports must be submitted to the respective DLSA.

• Frequent meetings must be conducted by the head DLSA of a distinct state to work on the ambiguity in the laws and work on solutions that navigate around the problems.
• Mobile Lok Adalats must be backed financially by the government as it tends to be an effective instrument in settlement through compromise and facilitating legal counsel and direction.• For the youth activities – vivid work of art, banner making, animated videos, reviews, survey, paper perusing, attire and embellishments can be utilized to show support for a reason, enrolling like-minded individuals through online portals and wireless networks are few prescribed ways to boost legal literacy.• Incentives must be given on time and commendation by the aid of rewards, certificates, recommendation letters, remuneration to advocates and paralegals is requisite as it works as a motivating factor contributing to volunteer services.
• Case Law• In Khatri v. State of Bihar[15], the Supreme Court held that the state is constitutionally bound to provide legal assistance by hiring a lawyer to an accused person not only at a trial stage.
• Also when they are first produced before the magistrate or remanded time and again and such a right shall not be denied on the ground of financial or administrative inability or that the accused did not ask for it.
• Magistrates and Sessions Judges have the responsibility to inform the accused of his rights.