MLAs can now put written questions online: Assembly Speaker

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker S N Patro on Tuesday said the MLAs can now put their written questions online as the state government has started the process of implementing the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) project.

Patro said the NeVA is being implemented in a bid to make assembly businesses paperless. He said the interested members will be imparted training on how to handle the NeVA app.

Replying a question, the Speaker said: "The state government has made budgetary provisions to make the State Assembly paperless."

He said the State Assembly campus will soon get wi-fi facility.

NeVA is an app through which one can easily get information regarding member contact details, rules of procedure, list of business, notices, bulletins, bills, starred/unstarred questions and answers, papers laid and committee reports.

Meanwhile, a day before the commencement of the winter session of the House, DGP BK Sharma reviewed the security arrangement at the Assembly Tuesday. A total of 30 platoons of police force and 90 officers will be deployed to ensure full-proof security.