The proceedings of all legislatures — each Houses of Parliament and state assemblies and legislative councils — will probably be out there on one platform by 2023, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla mentioned on Thursday.
Addressing a press convention after the conclusion of the Budget session, Birla mentioned: “We are engaged on bringing proceedings of all state legislatures on one platform. I believe we can do it by 2023.”
He mentioned the platform would supply a number of info to the general public. “Besides, our endeavour is to provide all the documents through metadata so that people can access the proceedings of the House,” Birla mentioned, including that this is able to even be out there by 2023.
He mentioned initially solely the written proceedings could be out there on the platform. Responding to a query, he mentioned the brand new portal was not an ‘app’ and the stay telecast of state assemblies wouldn’t be out there on it.
The thought of such a platform was mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his handle on the inaugural session of the 82nd All India Presiding Officers’ Conference on November 17, 2021.
“I’ve an thought known as ‘One Nation One Legislative Platform’. Is it attainable? Such a digital platform, a portal that not solely offers the required technological increase to our parliamentary system, but additionally works to attach all of the democratic items of the nation. All the assets for our legislatures must be out there on this portal and central and state legislatures ought to work in paperless mode,” Modi had mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
