Centre signs NeVA pact with West Bengal Assembly
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs on Wednesday signed a tripartite pact with the West Bengal government and the state’s assembly for implementation of the National eVidhan Application (NeVA) in the eastern State.
NeVA is a work-flow system deployed on NIC Cloud, MeghRaj, which helps the chair of the House to conduct the proceedings of the House smoothly and to conduct legislative business in a paperless manner.
“Attended the signing ceremony of the Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding among the @mpa_india, Government of West Bengal & the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for implementation of the National eVidhan Application (NeVA) at Parliament House, New Delhi,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said.
The event was also attended virtually by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose, among others. Addressing the event, Rijiju said that it was very important for the health of the democracy that the Parliament and state assemblies function properly.
“I extend my best wishes to the new Government in West Bengal & appreciate its swift decision to adopt the @neva_mpa platform, making the West Bengal Legislative Assembly the 33rd Legislature in the country to join this transformative initiative.
Renowned for its rich democratic, intellectual & cultural legacy. West Bengal will further strengthen the national digital legislature ecosystem, enhancing efficiency, accessibility & transparency while enriching NeVA with its vibrant parliamentary traditions, Rijiju said.
The NeVA is a device-neutral and member-centric application created to equip them to handle diverse House business smartly by putting entire information regarding member contact details, rules of procedure, list of business, notices, bulletins, bills, starred/unstarred questions and answers, papers laid, committee reports, etc., in their handheld devices/ tablets and equip all legislatures/ departments to handle it efficiently.
The NeVA will completely eliminate the process of sending out a notice/request for collection of data.
The application hosts a secure page for each member of the House for submitting questions and other notices.
The aim of the project is 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.
The mNeVA is a user-friendly mobile app of NeVA, which is available on Android as well as on iOS. mNeVA has made information on the conduct of business in legislatures accessible anytime, anywhere to everyone.
