Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: PIB
Context: The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is organizing a two-day National Workshop on the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) in New Delhi.
What is NeVA?
NeVA, the National e-Vidhan Application, is a workflow system deployed on the NIC Cloud, MeghRaj, designed to facilitate smooth proceedings of the Parliament or State Assembly House and efficient handling of legislative business in a paperless manner.
Aim: NeVA aims to eliminate the need for physical notices or data collection requests and brings all legislatures onto a single platform, creating a centralized data repository.
Features:
It is a device-neutral and member-centric application that provides members with comprehensive information, such as contact details, rules of procedure, a list of business, notices, bills, questions and answers, committee reports, and more, directly on their handheld devices or tablets. Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh have become paperless assemblies using the NeVA application.
About e-Vidhan:
It is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the Digital India Programme being implemented by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA) with technical support from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MietY). It is a Central Sponsored Scheme. It aims to digitize and bring all the legislatures of the country together, in one platform thereby creating a massive data depository.
