AVOPOLFL

The scheme aims to propagate and develop literature in the field of law in Hindi and other regional languages. It provides financial grants to voluntary organisations for publishing legal books, commentaries, and journals.

The scheme "Assistance to Voluntary Organisations for Promotion of the Official Languages in the Field of Law" was launched by the Legislative Department, Government Of India. The scheme aims to propagate and develop literature in the field of law in Hindi and other regional languages. The scheme provides financial assistance covering up to 85% of the anticipated net expenditure for producing legal literature, such as commentaries, treatises, and law journals. The applicant must be a voluntary organisation undertaking activities conducive to the enrichment and use of Official Languages in the legal field. The scheme is implemented by the Ministry Of Law And Justice. The applications for this scheme are accepted offline via submission to the Official Languages Wing at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.

• The applicant must be a voluntary organisation or institution.
• The applicant must propose a project or activity for the development and propagation of literature in the field of law in Hindi or other regional languages.
• The applicant must undertake activities such as proposing commentaries, treatises, books, law journals, compendiums, or other relevant publications.
• The applicant must agree to bear the balance of the estimated expenditure for the proposed project.

• Financial assistance in the form of a grant not exceeding 85% of the anticipated net expenditure involved in the implementation of the project or activity.
• The grants are paid in installments depending on the nature of activities to be undertaken and the progress of the work.

##### Conditions

• _The organisation must bear the balance of the estimated expenditure on the scheme or project._
• _All assets created out of the grant must not be transferred to any person or institution without the prior concurrence of the Government of India._
• _If the organisation ceases to exist, the equipment purchased out of the central grant will revert to the Government of India._
• _The accounts of the organisation must be properly maintained and submitted as required for checking by the Legislative Department or Indian Audit And Accounts Department._
• _The organisation must exercise the utmost economy in its working._
• _The grant must be utilized strictly for the purpose for which it was sanctioned._
• _Progress reports about the project must be furnished at regular intervals._
• _An audited statement of expenditure and a report on the work done must be furnished immediately after the completion of the project or before drawing a subsequent installment._
• _The organisation must submit a Utilisation Certificate in respect of the grant received during the preceding year._
• _Such number of copies, not exceeding five, of all publications brought out with central assistance must be supplied to the Legislative Department free of cost._
• _The organisation must maintain an audited record of the assets acquired or created wholly or substantially with the help of the grant in the prescribed proforma._
• _The author of a published book must use the Hindi legal terms occurring in the authoritative texts of the Central Acts, State Acts, or the Legal Glossary published by the Official Languages Wing._
• _The organisation must give an undertaking to complete the project within a reasonable time fixed by the Government._