Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal today inaugurated two-day National Orientation workshop on National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA). Mr Meghwal also launched the new website of the NeVA and administered the Swachhata Pledge to over 200 delelgates,  including senior officers from Secretariats of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, 31 Legislative Assemblies and 7 Legislative Councils from across the country.<br />''<br />''Addressing the inaugural session, Mr Meghwal said, information regarding the functioning of the Houses should be available in real time, in a format that is user friendly and increases its applicability for the member. He described instances from his Parliamentary experiences how digitization, availability and applicability of information could save precious time, energy and resources of the Houses and its members and increase their efficiency manifold. He said, this digital intervention is a big step to increase transparency, accountability and decreases the scope of corruption in the functioning of House.<br />''<br />''Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs, S.N. Tripathi informed that NeVA is a member-centric, decentralised digital application that makes information available on digital platform about day to day functioning of Legislative Houses. He said, the application would host a secure page for each Member of the House for submitting Questions and other Notices.<br />''<br />''NeVA was made live for Rajya Sabha in respect of Monsoon Session 2018 and information in respect of Lok Sabha is being d.  Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Manipur Assemblies have already started using the application. Regular training through Video Conferencing is being provided by the Union Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs to all the Houses.<br />