Kohima: The Nagaland Legislative Assembly has become the first in the country to have operationalised the Nation e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) programme for conducting a session in paperless mode.
The Nagaland Assembly secretariat has attached a tablet or e-book each on the tables of 60 members as the Budget session for fiscal 2022-23 which started this morning.
Taking to the micro-blogging site Twitter, Union Parliamentary Minister Pralhad Joshi informed the same and said, ''Nagaland becomes India's 1st Legislative Assembly to successfully implement National e-Vidhan project.
Now members can use electronic devices to participate in House proceedings. This initiative encourages paperless operations & reflects Govt's commitment towards Ashta Lakshmi.''
The objective of this project is to bring all the legislatures of the country on a single platform, to create a huge data depository without the complexity of multiple applications.
Paperless assembly or e-assembly is a scheme that involves the use of electronic means to facilitate the work of the assembly. It enables automation of the entire law making process, tracking of decisions and documents, exchange of information.
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