National e-Vidhan Application
Recently, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs successfully concluded the 3rd National Conference on the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA).About National e-Vidhan Application
The National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) is a Mission Mode Project under the Digital India Programme that aims to make the functioning of all State/UT Legislatures paperless and integrate them on a single digital platform under the vision of 'One Nation, One Application'. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA) is the nodal ministry for its implementation.
Key Objectives
- Go Paperless: To automate and digitize the entire legislative process, significantly reducing the use of paper and promoting environmental sustainability (a single e-budget presentation saved an estimated 1.5 crore pages of paper).
- Enhance Efficiency and Transparency: To streamline legislative functions, ensure real-time access to information for all stakeholders (members, departments, public), and provide online access to live proceedings, debates, and reports.
- "One Nation, One Application": To bring all 37 State and UT legislatures and the two Houses of Parliament onto a unified platform, creating a massive, integrated data repository.
- Improve Accessibility: To make legislative information accessible anytime, anywhere, to both members and the public, using a device-neutral and multilingual approach.
- Member-Centric Design: Members can use handheld devices/tablets to access all relevant house business, including contact details, rules of procedure, list of business, notices, bulletins, bills, questions and answers, and committee reports.
- Key Modules: The application includes modules for Bills Management, online handling of Questions and Notices, E-Voting, E-Attendance, Digital Display, and a Reporter's module for preparing verbatim records.
- Multilingual Support: The public portal is available in 23 languages, and the platform integrates AI/ML-based real-time translation services to boost linguistic inclusivity.
- Secure Cloud Hosting: The NeVA platform is hosted on the advanced National Government Cloud (NGC) 2.0 (Meghraj), ensuring robust scalability, security, and data integrity.
- mNeVA Mobile App: A user-friendly mobile application available on Android and iOS for convenient access to information and legislative functions.
- Implementation Progress: 28 State Legislatures have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for NeVA implementation, and 18 Legislative Houses have completely transformed into "Digital Legislatures".
- Recent Milestones: The Puducherry Legislative Assembly inaugurated its NeVA platform in June 2025, and the Delhi Legislative Assembly signed an MoU in October 2025, aiming for full implementation within 100 days.
- NeVA 2.0: An upgraded version, NeVA 2.0, has been introduced, offering enhanced features like automatic generation of member bio-profiles and a revamped member dashboard.
- Ongoing Evaluation: NITI Aayog commissioned an evaluation study of NeVA's implementation and impact across 23 legislative houses, with the study period running from September 2024 to January 2025.
- Conferences: The 3rd National Conference on NeVA concluded in October 2025, where states adopted a "New Delhi Resolution on NeVA 2025" to accelerate implementation and explore the use of AI.
