Online application to make legislatures paperless set to be launched

An online application which seeks to make all the legislatures of the country paperless by making the proceedings digital is set to be launched.

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs organised a national orientation workshop on National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) for its effective roll-out.

A statement issued by the ministry said the application is an attempt to provide information about the functioning of House to the citizens at the click of a button.

Mobile applications of NeVA, along with its Website, will act as a repository of data related to the business of all legislatures in the country in a uniform manner, it said.

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Vijay Goel Tuesday presided over the valedictory session of the two-day orientation workshop where he sought the cooperation of states in the seamless launch of the application.

The uniformity of database will lead to easy and effective engagement of citizens with the government, which will lead to efficient delivery of services and ensure reliability, efficiency, transparency and accountability of all the stakeholders, the statement said.

Once the programme is operational, details of 5,379 members from the 40 legislatures will be uploaded on the portal.

A total of 1,13,337 questions, 25,662 notices, 1,708 bills, 515 committee reports and 10,043 papers from the legislatures will become available in public domain.

Addressing the participants, Goel laid emphasis on the need to reform the functioning of legislatures, including Parliament, with changing times for increasing the productivity.

Addressing the gathering, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant noted that with the world becoming increasingly complex with overload of information, the NeVA initiative promises to ensure ease of access of important information about functioning of legislatures in a simplified format to everyone.