Lok Sabha Question No. 5981 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-01
Subject: Digital and Sustainable Governance Practices
Ministry: PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Biplab Kumar Deb

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 5981

ANSWERED ON - 01/04/2026

## DIGITAL AND SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES

5981 . Shri Biplab Kumar Deb:

Will the Minister of PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  major  digital  system  currently  being  utilised  by  the  Ministry  for  ensuring efficient and paperless office functioning;
- (b) the details of the benefits observed in terms of transparency, records management and reduction in administrative delays due to adoption of these platforms;
- (c) the  details  of  the  best  practices  recognised  by  the  Ministry  during  Special Campaign 5.0 in promoting digital and sustainable governance; and
- (d) the details of the future roadmap envisaged for integrating new technologies and enhancing inter-institutional coordination within the framework of Digital India?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (I/C); AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a)&(b)  The  Ministry  of  Parliamentary  Affairs  has  transformed  its  functioning  into  a paperless  ecosystem  by  fully  leveraging  seven  key  digital  platforms:  e-Office  as  the backbone  for  all  file  movement  and  approvals,  e-HRMS  for  seamless  handling  of  all service  and  HR  matters,  Consultative  Committee  Management  System  for  end-to-  end digital management of consultative committee meetings, Claims and Inventory Management System for transparent procurement and asset tracking, National e- Vidhan Application  (NeVA)  for  legislative  digital  workflows  in  State/UT  Legislatures,  Online Assurance Monitoring System (OAMS) for real-time tracking of parliamentary assurances, and the dedicated National Youth Parliament Scheme portal.

The  direct  benefits  of  this  comprehensive  digital  adoptions  are  evident  in  the complete elimination of pendency (clearance of all references and files), drastic reduction in administrative delays like physical file movement and paper consumption, instantaneous visibility and audit trail of every transaction leading to unprecedented levels of transparency, fool-proof and easily retrievable electronic record-keeping, and a sharp drop in processing time.

(c)&(d) During Special Campaign 5.0 (2nd-31st October 2025), the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs achieved 'zero-pendency and zero-paper' by clearing 100% of pending references,  conducting  intensive  cleanliness  and  waste-segregation  drives,  and  promoting NeVA as a model of green governance that saves lakhs of trees annually. All officers & staff of the Ministry took the Swacchta pledge. Under Swachh Bharat, the Ministry aims for nearzero  paper  usage  in  all  State/UT  Legislatures  through  complete  NeVA  adoption  and digitisation of legacy records.

The Ministry's future roadmap  focuses on transforming NeVA  for  State/UT Legislatures  into  an  AI-powered  platform  by  integrating  real-time  multilingual  machine translation capabilities (text-to-text, speech-to-text, text-to-speech and speech to speech) in various official languages for enabling users to access their content in their preferred regional language,  generation  of  the  House  proceedings,  AI-driven  live  transcription,  searchable archives and intelligent multilingual chatbots. These features will drastically reduce printed material and enhance linguistic inclusivity.

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