Speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly Chotisuh Sazo along with the commissioner and secretary, additional secretary and other technical staff visited Simla, Himachal Pradesh on June 26 to 27 to get an overview and detailed functioning of the eVidhan (Electronic application in the functioning of Legislative Assembly).
Chotisuh held interaction with the speaker Brij Behari Lal Butail on the functioning of the eVidhan which was established three years ago. The technical team demonstrated the functioning of eVidhan to the visiting team. The technology provides information to the members be it rules and procedures, proceedings of the assembly, answered questions etc at instant click of the system. The eVidhan provides faster and secure communication to the members and different department. Besides, it minimises the expenditure on the cost of papers and other materials. Further it maintains transparency and accountability in governance.
The eVidhan also links legislators with his/her constituency and different departments. It also monitor the developmental activities in their respective constituencies and above all, it builds an informed society.
The team also visited the e-Facilities which consisted of technical help desk, e-constituency, video conferencing, computerised typing work, email, House digital video clip, training centre, data based centre, electronic assistance booth made available separately for the ruling bench and the opposition.
Earlier, Chotisuh Sazo had submitted a detailed project proposal to the union minister of Communication and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, in its effort to digitise the Nagaland Legislative Assembly way back in 2014.