National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) launched for Paperless Legislative Processes

Key facts

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launched the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) at the Bihar Assembly to transition to paperless legislative processes.
• NeVA is a workflow system deployed on the National Informatics Centre (NIC) cloud designed to facilitate the digital conduct of legislative business.
• The application enables members to access rules of procedures, the list of businesses, notices, bulletins, bills, questions and answers, and committee reports via hand-held devices.
• The project aims to integrate all legislatures across India to establish a massive centralised data depository.
• The launch event was attended by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju.