Rajya Sabha now Wi-Fi enabled

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha is now Wi-Fi enabled, offering law makers of the Upper House access to Internet for browsing government and Parliament websites, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday.

Present rules allows MPs to carry mobile phones, laptops and tabs inside the Rajya Sabha chamber but the devices were not connected to the Parliament Wi-Di.

Parliament Wi-Fi was available to members in lobbies and other parts of the Parliament House complex. When the House met for the day, Naidu said there have been demands from members to allow Wi-Fi connectivity inside the chamber.

"The Rajya Sabha chamber has now become Wi-Fi enabled," he said. The Wi-Fi, he said, can be used to browse only government websites including those of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha on any mobile, laptop or tab inside the House.