2.NATIONAL E-VIDHAN APPLICATION PLATFORM
NEWS: Delhi becomes the 28th legislature to join the national e-vidhan application platform.
• The Delhi Legislative Assembly has signed a tripartite MoU with the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA) and Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) for the implementation of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA).
About The National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA)
• NeVA is a device neutral and member centric application created to equip legislative members to handle diverse House Business smartly.
• Aim: The NeVA Platform aims for a paperless and more transparent legislative system, in alignment with the Prime Minister’s vision of “One Nation, One Application.”
• Nodal Ministry: The NeVA platform is developed under the guidance of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA)
• Hosted On: NeVA is a work-flow system deployed on India’s cloud infrastructure, NIC Cloud, MeghRaj 2.0.
• How NeVa works?
• Depository: All legislative information like member contact details, rules of procedure, list of business, notices, bulletins, bills, starred/unstarred questions and answers, papers laid, committee reports etc. is available on the platform via personal devices/ tablets
• NeVA will completely eliminate the process of sending out a notice/request for collection of data.
• The application hosts a secure page for each Member of the House for submitting questions & other notices.
• Advantages:
• A massive data depository will be created by bringing all the legislatures of the country together, in one platform
• It enhance legislative procedures by promoting greater efficiency, accessibility, and sustainability and ensuring robust scalability, security, and data integrity.
• Enables Coordination: It digitizes House business and provides real-time access to documents enabling seamless coordination among legislators and secretariat staff.
• Paperless Administration: The application will reduce paper consumption and streamline workflows to improve legislative performance.
• Seamless Operation: Its has a device-agnostic nature allowing seamless access across smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops from any device, anytime, anywhere.
• Multilingual Capabilities: The platform also offers multilingual capabilities, catering to the linguistic diversity across states and regions, making it accessible to a broader range of users.
Source: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2114104