Question : Member Centric Application

a) whether the Government has brought in a Member-centric application with sole objective of knowledge transfer for the sake of capacity building of the officials of the Legislatures ;

b) if so, the details thereof;

c) whether the Government has sent any goodwill delegation of Members of Parliament to other countries so as to project the policies, programmes and achievements of the country in different fields with their counterparts and other opinion makers in other countries and secure their support in favour of India; and

d) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION (???? ?????? ??? ??????) (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) & (b):- Yes madam. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has developed National eVidhan Application (NeVA), a Member-centric application for Digital Legislatures. It is a web based as well as mobile based (mNeVA) application, which could be accessed at https://neva.gov.in. mNeVA is available at Play Store as well as App Store for download. The detailed status is at Annexure-A.

(c) & (d):- Yes madam. As per the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs exchanges Government Sponsored Goodwill Delegations of Members of Parliament with a view to effectively project our policies and achievements in different fields with opinion makers in other countries and securing their confidence in favour of India. Recently, the Indian Goodwill Delegation led by Hon’ble Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has visited Germany and Italy during 15th October, 2018 to 19th October, 2018.

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