Himachal Speaker Vipin Parmar to take up e-Vidhan academy issue with Modi

Ravinder Sood

Palampur, November 11

Speaker Vipin Parmar today said he would take up the issue of setting up a national e-Vidhan academy at Tapovan near Dharamsala with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

Both will address the all-India conference of Speakers, Deputy Speakers and secretaries of state Assemblies to be held from November 16 to 19 in Shimla.

Parmar said the Prime Minister would address the conference virtually on November 17 while Om Birla will inaugurate it on November 16.

Speakers’ conference from Nov 16

• All-India conference of Speakers, Deputy Speakers and secretaries of Assemblies will be held from November 16 to 19 in Shimla
• The Prime Minister will address it virtually on November 17 while Om Birla will inaugurate it on November 16
• The HP Assembly is the first hi-tech paperless Assembly where the e-Vidhan system was launched six years ago

It was essential to implement the e-Vidhan project conceptualised in 2014. The proposed academy would train MPs, MLAs and the staff of such institutions. The HP Assembly is the first hi-tech paperless Assembly where the e-Vidhan system was launched six years ago, he stated.

The issue was also taken up with the Parliamentary Affairs Minister by his predecessor, apprising him that the building of the Assembly in Dharamsala was used only once a year and could be put to use by setting up the national e-Vidhan academy. However, because of Covid, no much progress was made, he said.

Parmar said a team of experts had already visited Shimla to study the functioning of the project and its relevance to Parliament and other legislative bodies. The team, in its report, had suggested that the e-Vidhan application of the HP Assembly might be customised and localised for all other legislatures under e-Sansad and e-Vidhan.

It also recommended establishing an academy at Tapovan under the Union Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.