Delhi: 28th Legislature to join National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA)

Delhi has become the 28th legislature in India to join the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) to create a paperless and digital legislative process. Nagaland was the first state in India to implement the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) in 2022.

India has a national legislature named Parliament and 28 states and three Union Territories -  Delhi, Puducherry, and Jammu and Kashmir -have legislature.

The Delhi Legislative Assembly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi in New Delhi on 22 March 2025.

The MoU was signed in the presence of the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju and the Delhi legislative assembly speaker Vijender Gupta.

What is the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA)?

The NeVa is a digital platform developed under the Digital India Initiative of the central government to realise the One Nation One Application vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

It is under the Union Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

It aims to replace the paper-based legislative process with an efficient digital paperless system accessible to all. 

It is a workflow-based system hosted on the National Informatics Center (NIC) cloud system, MeghRaj 2.0.

NeVa is a web-based suite of applications and mobile apps that can be accessed with any digital device by the members of the legislature.

Function and Aim of the NeVa

• To integrate all the legislature of the country on a single platform to create a data depository without the complexity of multiple applications.
• To help the Presiding officers of the legislature conduct the proceedings of the House smoothly and efficiently.
• The members of the legislature can submit their questions addressed to the ministers, and notice for discussion on particular issues of public importance.
• It features a Bills Management System; Online Legislative Committees; Online handling of questions and notices; E-Book; E-Voting; E-Attendance; E-Pads for internal communication; Business Controller; Digital Display; Talk Time Management modules and numerous House Productivity Reports etc.
• The platform features a secure digital repository that safeguards the confidentiality and integrity of legislative data. 
• The platform is capable of handling multiple languages.

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