In a step to go paperless, the next State Assembly session would be held on digital mode, Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro informed on Friday.
Members of the Legislative Assembly would attend the session from their respective houses through videoconferencing. They would put forth their questions online while the concerned Minister would submit his/her reply the same way through the National E-Vidhan Application’ (NeVA) mobile application.
All businesses of the House would be conducted through the mobile app. The upcoming State Budget would also be tabled online, Patro added. The Speaker had earlier informed that upgradation of the Assembly to an e-Vidhan Sabha would be made at a cost of Rs 8.56 crore, for which the Centre would bear 60% of the total amount while the remaining 40% would be allocated by the State Government. The Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC) would provide training to the Assembly staffs in ranks of ASO, SO, Desk Officer, Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Secretary about the software, ‘Odisha Secretariat Workflow Automation System’ for operation of office files online, Patro had said.