{"id":190416,"date":"2022-06-14T21:04:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T15:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=190416"},"modified":"2022-06-14T21:04:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T15:34:10","slug":"explained-what-is-the-e-vidhan-system-for-paperless-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-is-the-e-vidhan-system-for-paperless-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: What is the e-Vidhan system for paperless legislation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A delegation of MLAs from Gujarat visited the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly to learn about the novel e-Vidhan system for paperless proceedings that has been adopted by the UP state assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the National e-Vidhan Application(NeVA) Project?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-evidhan-applicationneva\/\"><b>Click Here to read about it<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><b>Which State first implemented NeVA?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nagaland became the first state to successfully implement NeVA in March,2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lok Sabha Speaker has said that the proceedings of all legislatures \u2014 both Houses of Parliament and state Assemblies and Legislative Councils \u2014 will be available on one platform by 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Why is NeVA being introduced?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has been done for streamlining information related to various state assemblies and to eliminate the use of paper in day-to-day functioning which would in turn help save trees.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Has this been done elsewhere globally?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In December 2022, the Government of Dubai became the world\u2019s first government to go 100% paperless. It announced all procedures were completely digitized<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US government announced in 2019 that by the end of 2022, all government agencies would stop dealing with paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What are the challenges? <\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Parliamentary Union, an organization of more than 170 parliaments including India, in a 2018 report outlined some challenges in this regard:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Firstly,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> access, particularly for legislators representing rural constituencies to devices and reliable internet and electricity was an issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Secondly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, lack of training and heightened concerns over security are some more recent issues on the road to digitisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201cExplained: What is the e-Vidhan system for paperless legislation?\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in<\/span><b> Indian Express<\/b> on <b>12th June 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? A delegation of MLAs from Gujarat visited the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly to learn about the novel e-Vidhan system for paperless proceedings that has been adopted by the UP state assembly. What is the National e-Vidhan Application(NeVA) Project? Click Here to read about it Which State first implemented NeVA? 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