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Support to Poor Prisoners’ Scheme
June 8 , 2025
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- The Centre has asked all the states and the Union Territories (UTs) to give the financial assistance from a Central fund to poor prisoners.
- This fund can be used to, who are unable to secure bail or release from jails on account of their inability to pay the fine awarded to them due to their financial situation.
- The MHA provides funds to the states and the UTs through the Central Nodal Agency (CNA).
- It is administered by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
- The Home Ministry had introduced the ‘Support to Poor Prisoners Scheme’ in May, 2023.
- As per the India Justice Report-2025, the national average occupancy rate in jails is more than 131 percent.
- The number of undertrial prisoners is estimated to be 76 percent of the entire prison population.
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