Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced 200 units free power scheme for lawyers’ chambers under Chief Minister Advocate Welfare Scheme. The Delhi Cabinet also accepted recommendations of a committee for spending a corpus of Rs 50 crore for welfare of lawyers.
Kejriwal said lawyers having voting rights in Delhi will now benefit from Rs 5 lakh family mediclaim, Rs 10 lakh life insurance, and e-libraries and creches in all court premises in the city. The Government has also decided to apply domestic charges of power consumption for lawyers chambers.
In a cabinet meeting chaired by the chief minister, it was decided to convert commercial electricity connections to domestic connections in the chambers of advocates in Delhi and implement the recommendations made by Rakesh Khanna committee for spending Rs 50 Crores annual fund allotted for the welfare fund.
