National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) and Digital Transformation of State Legislatures

NeVA

Context

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly has adopted the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) to digitise its legislative processes and move towards a paperless system.

About National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA)

  1. NeVA is a digital platform developed to digitise the functioning of State Legislatures and Union Territory Legislative Assemblies.
  2. It is one of the 44 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) under the Digital India Programme.
  3. The initiative aims to establish paperless legislatures and integrate legislative houses through a common digital platform under the vision of “One Nation, One Application.”
  4. It serves as a member-centric and device-neutral platform, providing access to bills, notices, agendas, bulletins, rules of procedure, and other legislative documents.
  5. NeVA facilitates the smooth conduct of legislative proceedings and House business.
  6. The platform is hosted on MeghRaj 2.0, the Government of India’s cloud infrastructure, ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable operations.

Key Features

  1. Enables real-time access to legislative documents, including bills, agendas, and reports.
  2. Provides a secure digital repository for legislative records.
  3. Offers multilingual support to cater to India’s linguistic diversity.
  4. Accessible across smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops, ensuring seamless use across devices.