Pratibha Chauhan

Tribune News Service

Shimla, August 20

Himachal’s e-Vidhan model will now be adopted and replicated by all 40 Assemblies, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the country to make their functioning paperless and information available at the click of a mouse.

A notification has been issued by the Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs, in the Centre to adopt and replicate the Himachal Vidhan Sabha’s model. In fact, IT officials from the HP Assembly imparted three-day training to the IT staff of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha last month in Parliament. Himachal Vidhan Sabha was the first in the country to go paperless with the launch of e-Vidhan project almost four years back.

Adding yet another feather to its cap, Himachal has become the first state in the country to successfully launch e-constituency management project which will cover all 68 Assembly segments. Monitoring of all development projects and welfare schemes in each Assembly segment would now be possible at the click of a mouse. “Himachal has once again taken the lead by launching its e-constituency management project where 18 Assembly segments have already been linked to e-Vidhan. The concerned officials have to load details of every project and welfare scheme and the progress on it can be checked at the click of a mouse,” revealed Rajeev Bindal, Vidhan Sabha, Speaker, here. He added that all 68 Assembly segments would be linked to e-constituency project by the end of this year.

Bindal said the Centre had issued a notification where 40 state Assemblies as well as Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will adopt and implement Himachal’s e-Vidhan model. He said there is also a proposal to set up National e-Vidhan Academy at the Vidhan Sabha complex at Tapovan in Dharamsala for which he had met Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anant Kumar and Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

Bindal said he had also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi so that the proposed National e-Vidhan Academy (NEVA) could be set up at the Vidhan Sabha complex at Tapovan. “The PM was very happy with Himachal Vidhan Sabha taking the lead in using IT tools to go paperless and improve efficiency,” he said. To facilitate MLAs in knowing and learning about technological and scientific advancements, thesis done in economics by students at HP University, Agriculture and Horticulture Universities would be added to the knowledge bank.

e-management project

Himachal has also become the first state in the country to successfully launch the e- constituency management project which will cover all 68 Assembly segments. Monitoring of all development projects and welfare schemes in each Assembly segment will now be possible at the click of a mouse.

Digital Knowledge Bank

The main highlight of the Digital Knowledge Bank created by the Vidhan Sabha will be digitalised speeches running into 235 pages by Himachal’s first Chief Minister Dr YS Parmar. All other speeches made by leaders ever since the inception of the state Assembly will become part of this knowledge bank. For the convenience of MLAs, all speeches, debates, statements made in the House to date will be compiled and made available.