Delhi Legislative Assembly Adopts NeVA for Digital Governance
Context:
Recently, the Delhi Legislative Assembly signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA) and Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) to implement the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA).
Relevance:
GS-02 (Government policies and interventions)
Key Highlights:
- The MoU was signed in the presence of Shri Kiren Rijiju (Minister of Parliamentary Affairs) and Shri Vijender Gupta (Speaker, Delhi Legislative Assembly), along with senior officials from the MoPA and GNCTD.
- The adoption of NeVA aligns with the “One Nation, One Application” initiative to digitize legislative processes across India.
- The platform enables real-time access to legislative documents, reducing paper consumption and enhancing efficiency.
- NeVA is hosted on Meghraj 2.0, India’s cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, security, and accessibility across multiple devices.
- It supports multilingual features, making it inclusive for legislators from different linguistic backgrounds.
About the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA):
- NeVA aims to completely digitize the legislative proceedings in order to promote paperless governance.
- It is an initiative of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA)
- Features:
- Provides a unified digital interface for legislators.
- It allows legislators to access, track, and manage legislative documents such as bills, agendas, and reports in real-time.
- It proactively promotes transparency, efficiency, and sustainability by streamlining communication between legislators and secretariat staff.
- It eliminates the use of physical documents, reducing costs and promoting environment-friendly governance.
Prelims Question:
With reference to the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA), consider the following statements:
- NeVA is a cloud-based platform developed under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
- It aims to make legislative proceedings paperless and improve transparency.
- The platform supports real-time access to legislative documents and multilingual functionalities.
Which of the statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, and 3
Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only
