New Delhi, March 7: Speaker Vijender Gupta said on Friday that the Delhi Assembly will become paperless, setting a 100-day target for implementing the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA). NeVA serves as a unified digital platform for all legislative functions, including the submission of notices, ministerial replies, legislative business, discussions, committee reports, and access to a digital library. The implementation of the application in the Delhi Assembly was discussed in a meeting attended by the Speaker and officers from the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. The team of officers was led by Satya Prakash, additional secretary and mission leader of NeVA, according to a statement from the Assembly secretariat.

The NeVA team gave a comprehensive presentation highlighting the key features of the application. Gupta, emphasising the urgency of implementing the project, directed that it should be completed within 100 days. The implementation of the e-Vidhan project had been delayed by a decade and the previous administration's reluctance, along with unsuccessful attempts to engage private consultants and vendors, had hindered progress, Gupta said. Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta Constitutes Two House Committees Ahead of Budget Session.

The Speaker assured full commitment to expediting the project to ensure that the Delhi Assembly transitions into an efficient, transparent, and environmentally sustainable legislative institution. He reaffirmed the commitment to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of "One India, One Application," advocating for digital governance across all legislatures to enhance accessibility and accountability. Vijender Gupta, 3-Time BJP MLA, Elected As New Speaker in First Session of 8th Delhi Assembly.

The Delhi Assembly had opted out of NeVA in 2019, and the AAP government had sanctioned Rs 20 crore to fund a different digitization project. However, the project was delayed due to the Covid pandemic, and later, the ruling AAP accused bureaucratic hurdles of being created in its implementation.

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