RAS question
Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority provides:
Correct answer: (A) Free legal aid to poor and marginalized.
The Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority provides free legal aid and related legal services to poor, marginalised, and otherwise eligible citizens.
Explanation
RSLSA is not a general welfare department; its work sits inside the constitutional and statutory scheme for access to justice. The official introduction links Article 39-A with equal opportunity in the legal system and free legal aid, especially where economic or other disabilities may deny a citizen access to justice. The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 created legal services authorities to provide free and competent legal services to weaker sections of society and to organise Lok Adalats. RSLSA provides free legal services, Lok Adalat support, mediation, and legal awareness to eligible citizens. Therefore, the relevant service is free legal aid to poor and marginalised persons, not education, employment, or housing.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Education is not an RSLSA function; RSLSA works on access to justice, free legal aid, and Lok Adalats.
- (C) Employment is outside the RSLSA mandate, which concerns free and competent legal services for weaker sections.
- (D) Housing is a welfare-sector subject, while RSLSA's role is legal aid and justice-access support.
Concept
Rajasthan's institutional machinery for legal aid forms part of the political and administrative system syllabus. It recurs in RAS because legal services authorities connect constitutional ideals, statutory bodies, and citizen-facing access to justice.