Extracted Data Points

  • A Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed for implementation of National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
  • Signing ceremony attended by Shri Kiren Rijiju (Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs), Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Minister of State for Law and Justice and Parliamentary Affairs), Dr. L. Murugan (Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs), and Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
  • Sh. Suvendu Adhikari, Chief Minister of West Bengal, joined virtually via Video Conferencing
  • MoU signed by Dr. Satya Prakash (Additional Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Mission Leader NeVA) for Government of India
  • MoU signed by Shri Soumendra Nath Das (Principal Secretary, West Bengal Legislative Assembly) for the Assembly
  • MoU signed by Smt. Sampa Dhar (Special Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs Department) for Government of West Bengal
  • West Bengal Legislative Assembly becomes the 33rd Legislature in India to join NeVA initiative
  • 21 Legislatures have successfully transitioned to fully digital functioning through NeVA platform
  • NeVA is a Mission Mode Project of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
  • Project aims to digitize and modernize functioning of Legislatures across India through common digital platform
  • Platform facilitates end-to-end digital management of legislative business including Questions, Bills, Notices, Assurances, Committee business, List of Business, Bulletins
  • Provides Members with access to legislative information and creates permanent digital repository of legislative records
  • Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs provides financial assistance, technical support, capacity building and implementation assistance to participating Legislatures
  • Project aligned with Prime Minister's vision of Digital India
  • Seeks to promote paperless, transparent, efficient and citizen-centric legislative governance