e-Vidhan

e-Vidhan

e-Vidhan

This article covers “Daily Current Affairs” and the topic details “e-Vidhan”. The topic “e-Vidhan” has relevance in the Polity section for the UPSC CSE exam.

Relevance of the topic “e-Vidhan”

For Prelims:
What e-Vidhan?

For Mains:
GS 2: Polity and Governance
What is the significance of e-Vidhan?
Way Forward

Why in the news?

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is set to organize a two-day National Workshop on the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA). This will encourage other states to become part of NeVA.

What is e-Vidhan? 

  • National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) is part of the “Digital India Programme” which aims to make the functioning of all the State Legislatures paperless by transforming them into a ‘Digital House’.
  • Till now, 21 State legislatures have signed MOUs for implementation of the NeVA and the project has been sanctioned for 17 Legislatures and funds have been released to them for implementation of the project. 
  • Among them, 9 Legislatures have already become fully digital and are Live on the NeVA platform. They are conducting all their business end to end in a digital & paperless manner.

What is the significance of e-Vidhan?

  • Paperless working: This removes the hassle of cumbersome paper work which has the possibility of physical losses. 
  • Digital database: With the transformation of the work being done in digital forms it forms the base for comparative and analytical data.
  • Shared access: The digital documents can be easily shared across the legislators and public which promotes ease of access and fast information diffusion. 

Source:
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1926777

Yojna ias daily current affairs eng med 24th May 2023

QUESTION FOR PRELIMS

Q.1 Which of the following is correct about e-Vidhan:

  1.  to make the functioning of all the State Legislatures paperless.
  2.  to make the functioning of all the State High Courts paperless.
  3.  to make the functioning of the Supreme Court paperless. 
  4.  to make the functioning of the Ministry of Law paperless.

Answer: (a)

Q.2 Consider the following statements about National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA):

  1. The Ministry of Law is the nodal ministry of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA).
  2. The aim of NeVA is to make the functioning of all the State Legislatures paperless by transforming them into a ‘Digital House’

Select the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (b)

QUESTION FOR MAINS EXAMINATION

  1. Several government initiatives have been taken in recent years to digitalise the government’s way of functioning but this has been challenged by the inertia existing in the government machinery to transform. Discuss with few recent initiatives. 
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