National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) Project:

GS Paper 2:

Syllabus: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

Context:

A delegation of MLAs from Gujarat recently visited the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, to learn about the novel e-Vidhan system for paperless proceedings that has been recently adopted by the UP state assembly.

What is e-Vidhan?

• It is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the Digital India Programme.
• The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA) is the ‘Nodal Ministry’ for its implementation in all the 31 States/UTs with Legislatures.
• The funding for e-Vidhan is provided by the MoPA and technical support by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MietY).
• The funding of NeVA is through Central Sponsored Schemee. 60:40; and 90:10 for North East & hilly States and 100% for UTs.

Aim of the project: To bring all the legislatures of the country together, in one platform thereby creating a massive data depository without having the complexity of multiple applications.

Key features:

• Paperless Assembly or e-Assembly is a concept involving electronic means to facilitate the work of Assembly.
• It enables automation of entire law making process, tracking of decisions and documents, sharing of information.
• Through the cloud technology (Meghraj), data deployed can be accessed anywhere at any time.
• Himachal Pradesh is already the first Digital Legislature of the country.

State Government’s Role in the implementation of e-Vidhan:

• The State Government will appoint a Secretary level officer to be designated as the nodal officer/representative for e-Vidhan implementation in the State Legislature(s).
• State Government will bear the funds required for running of e-Vidhan MMP after 3 years.
• The State Government will ensure capacity building for the effective implementation of e-Vidhan MMP module.
• The State Government/Legislature will undertake maintenance and replacement of ICT equipment after 3 years.

InstaLinks:

Prelims Link:

1. National e-Vidhan Project.
2. What is Meghraj?
3. What is cloud computing?

Mains Link:

Discuss the significance of the National e-Vidhan Project.

Q. 2) Consider the following statements:

1. In December 2021, the Government of Dubai became the world’s first government to go 100 percent paperless.
2. The National e-Vidhan Project is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the Digital India Programme.

Which of the above Statements is/are correct?

1. 1 only.
2. 2 only.
3. Both.
4. None.

Sources: Indian Express.