NATIONAL e-VIDHAN APPLICATION (NeVA) PROJECT

e-Assembly:

• Paperless Assembly or e-Assembly is a concept involving of electronic means to facilitate the work of Assembly.
  
  
• It enables automation of entire law-making process, tracking of decisions and documents, sharing of information.
  
  

NeVA:

• Objective: 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.
  
  
• Working:
  • NeVA is a device neutral application created to enable legislators to handle diverse House Business efficiently by putting entire information regarding member contact details, rules of procedure, list of business, bills, etc. in their hand-held devices/ tablets.
    
    
  • Citizens would also gain access to this information at their fingertips.
    
    
  • Through the cloud technology (Meghraj), data can be accessed anywhere at any time.
    
    
  
  
  
• Parent scheme: e-Vidhan is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) included in Digital India Programme.
  
  
• Funding: The funding of NeVA is on the pattern of Central Sponsored Scheme i.e. 60:40; and 90:10 for North East & hilly States and 100% for UTs.
  
  
• Agencies involved:
  • Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA) is the ‘Nodal Ministry’ for its implementation in all the 31 States/ UTs with Legislatures.
    
    
  • The funding for e-Vidhan is provided by the MoPA and technical support by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).