HIMACHAL PRADESH VIDHAN SABHA SECRETARIAT

e-Governance -cum-General-Purposes Committee

(201 7-201 8)

(Twelfth Vidhan Sabha)

Special Report

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CONTENTS

PAGES

1. Composition of the Committee…………… 3

2. Introduction………………………………….. 4

3. Report………………………………………… 5-19

4. Accolades for e-Vidhan 20

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COMPOSITION OF THE E-GOVERNANCE-CUM-GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE

1. Sh. Brij Behari Lal Butail, Chairman Hon'ble Speaker

2. Sh. Gulab Singh Thakur, MLA Member

3. Smt. Asha Kumari, MLA Member

4. Sh. Rikhi Ram Kaundal, MLA Member

5. Sh. Hans Raj, MLA Member

6. Sh. Ajay Mahajan, MLA Member

7. Sh. Anirudh Singh, MLA Member

Vidhan Sabha Secretariat:

1. Shri. Sunder Singh Verma Secretary

2. Shri. Lal Singh Kanwar Deputy Secretary

Advisor:

1. Shri. Dharmesh Kumar Director (IT) to Hon’ble Speaker

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The e-Governance-cum-General Purposes Committee of the H.P. Legislative Assembly was constituted on 2-5-2015 and following functions were assigned to it: 1. To ensure online information sharing by all Government Departments with e-Vidhan application as required by H.P. Vidhan Sabha Secretariat and Hon'ble Members. 2. To ensure up-to-date information to be made available by all Government Departments in the e-Vidhan application. 3. To suggest Government Departments for creating database in prescribed formats for smooth information sharing with e-Vidhan application. 4. To suggest Government Departments for usage of IT tools in order to bring efficiency and improvements in organizations. 5. To monitor fund utilization of e-Governance User Charges being collected by various departments in the State 6. Filed visits to monitor the activities being carried out relating to e-Governance. 7. To undertake study tours to examine best practices of e-Governance in other States.

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As per the directions of the Hon'ble Speaker, to monitor and assess the working of e-Vidhan System in H.P. Legislative Assembly, particularly management of the House (Computerization and Modernization by providing better facilities to MLA's and Officers) and e-Governance projects being run by the different departments in the Pradesh, an adhoc Committee i.e. e-Governance-cum-General Purposes Committee shall be constituted under the Rule-209 of the Vidhan Sabha Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business. The execution of e-Vidhan System in H.P. Legislative Assembly and different e-Governance projects being run in Pradesh will be monitored by the Committee.

There has been already a provision in the Rules of the Procedure and Conduct of the Business where Departmental Related Standing Committee have been constituted under which one of the Committee i.e. Rural Planning Committee which looks after the Demand No.-18, the Information and Technology Department. However, the department of Information and Technology has informed that IT Department is not responsible for all IT Projects being implemented in the State. The funding for such projects is from different sources and the projects are set-up/implemented in different modes by diverse agencies. The Department of IT was made the Nodal Department for this Committee to receive correspondence from the Vidhan Sabha on IT related matters.

Therefore keeping in view the all facts explained above, the e-Governance-cum-General Purposes Committee was constituted to monitor the process of implementation of e-Vidhan Project in H.P. Legislative Assembly on 2 nd May, 2015 and also other e-Governance Projects being run in the State.

The Hon'ble Members agreed to the functions and internal Working Rules of the Committee in the Committee Meeting held on 24.08.2015. The Committee decided that ACS/Secretary (IT) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh will be the Nodal Officer to get the information from all the departments and responsible to reply before the Committee.

It was also decided to hold the meeting to the Committee every month on 28th and in case of holiday the meeting can be preponed or postponed.

As per Internal Working Rules of the Committee, it was decided in Meeting held on 24.08.2015 to notify Shri Dharmesh

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Kumar, Director (IT) to the Hon'ble Speaker as Advisor to the Committee. The Members were apprised about the e-Vidhan Project in the Meeting held on 24.08.2015.

The Committee in its Meeting held on 28.08.2015 decided that Department of Information Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh will also take up the matter with the concerned government departments/Agency for updating details of Administrative Secretaries, HODs, DCs, SPs and SDMs on official website of H.P Vidhan Sabha (http://evidhan.nic.in) as and when officers are changed.

Presentation was given to the Hon'ble Members of the Committee about the proposed e-Constituency Management in the Committee Meeting held on 24.08.2015 The Committee appreciated the proposal.

The Committee in its Meeting held on 28.08.2015 desired that the Department of Information Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh should co-ordinate the e-Vidhan training camps which are to be organised at the level of SDMs who are required to make all necessary arrangements for these trainings to be held in their respective sub-divisions. Trainings and further technical support related to e-Vidhan for various departments in the sub-divisions will be provided by the staff from e-Vidhan Wing of H.P Vidhan Sabha Secretariat. Hon’ble MLAs of respective constituencies in the sub-divisions will also be invited in the trainings.

The Additional (Information Technology) indicated that the details of the e-Constituency Management were required to be understood by the Department/ Government. She requested the committee that the Advisor to the committee should make presentations of e-Constituency Management to Department of IT and further to all Administrative Secretaries as the content of the e-Constituency Management was not under the control of the IT Department but was held and managed by other Departments/ organisations in the Government. It was decided that the Advisor will make presentations on e-Constituency Management to the IT Department and also to Government Departments in a meeting to be chaired by the Chief Secretary.

It was discussed that there will be mainly four dimensions in the e-Constituency Management for Hon'ble

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Members in the Mobile App such as public grievances, public works, offices/institutions and CM references. In this system, security should be implemented for viewing information so that Hon'ble Members can monitor their respective constituency only.

There should be a provision for querying different types of works in the constituency for the Hon'ble Members and knowing current status of works such as DPR status, completed, pending for clearance at level etc. The progress may also be depicted using photographs of the site.

The minutes of the meeting held on 16.09.2015 held under the Chairmanship of Shri P. Mitra, Chief Secretary to the Government of Himachal Pradesh regarding e-Constituency Management were discussed by the Committee.

The Committee desired in its Meeting held on 28.09.2015 that department of I.T. Government of Himachal Pradesh may submit the report regarding enhancing the websites of departments and integrating with e-Constituency for the following services:- a) Public Grievances b) Public Works c) Offices and institutions d) Correspondences

The Committee approved that the e-Vidhan Wing of H.P. Vidhan Sabha Secretariat will provide trainings/front-end technical support to the MLAs and officials relating to their constituencies for updating data in the websites of departments in connection with e-Constituency system. MLAs and public may be educated by the e-Vidhan Wing for sending grievances, not the demands through e-Constituency.

The Committee desired that the SDMs will be the nodal officers for e-Constituency Management but the ultimate responsibility lies with the Administrative Secretaries of the respective departments. In this regard, necessary action may be taken by Department of Information Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh.

It was decided in the Committee Meeting held on 26.11.2015 that the directions for updating the website according to the guideline should be given to the department through the Additional Chief Secretary (IT).

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The Department of IT apprised the Committee that Middle Layer Software for e-Constituency will be required and this software will connect the Government departments with e- Constituency. As this software is a new requirement and not covered under e-Vidhan Project, therefore, the expenditure will be borne by the H.P. Government for developing this software.

The Committee asked the Director, IT govt. of HP to expedite the work of developing the Middle Layer software and complete the same at the earliest. Director, IT assured the committee that the work to develop this software will be started as and when the budget is made available.

Final Feasibility study report submitted by the Department of Information Technology, Govt. of HP was discussed in detail. In this report the Department has mentioned at page No.- 4 that there will be expected saving of Rs. 15 cores for HP Government in total due to implementation of e-Vidhan Project. But the Members were of the view that the saving will be much more than Rs. 15 cores. Moreover, the Committee also agreed to the suggestion made by the Department that there is no need to send hard copies of replies by the department during the Sessions and the print may be taken by HP Vidhan Sabha Secretariat from online copy available in the e-Vidhan System as per requirement. This will drastically reduce the expenditure on plying of vehicles of the state Government during Session.

It was agreed that for smooth working of the Vidhan Sabha, especially during session, directions , may be issued by the Additional Chief Secretary (IT) to the all Government departments, particularly, the the HP printing and Stationary Department to use Unicode Complaint Hindi fonts only with in a period of two months positively.

The Committee decided in its Meeting held on 23.09.2016 that front-end technical support for e-Constituency Management will be provided by existing e-Vidhan manpower.

It was also decided that all logistics will be arranged by the Department of IT, Himachal Pradesh for conducting Workshops/Trainings at Sub-Division level for the field officers/officials of various departments, so that e-Constituency may be implemented successfully. In this regard, the Principal Secretary (IT) to the Govt. of Himachal Pradesh will send the necessary directions to the SDMs/BDOs for extending all types

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It was decided that Palampur Constituency will be taken up initially for implementation of e-Constituency Management and two e-Vidhan employees of H.P. Vidhan Sabha will be deputed at Palampur SDM Office.

It was also decided that a committee of following will be constituted by the State Government for monitoring/steering the development and implementation of e-Constituency Management:-

1. ACS/ Principal Secretary (IT) to Chairperson the Govt. of Himachal Pradesh 2. Director, Department of IT, Member Himachal Pradesh 3. State Informatics officer, NIC Member H.P. 4. Director (IT) to the Hon'ble Member Speaker, H.P.Vidhan Sabha Secretary

The meeting of the Committee will invariably be held once in two months on regular basis. The secretarial services will be provided by the H.P.Vidhan Sabha to the Committee.

It was apprised in the Meeting held on 28.10.2016 that Committee for monitoring/steering the development and implementation of e-Constituency Management comprising of ACS/Principal Secretary (IT) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh as Chairperson; Director, Department of IT, Himachal Pradesh; State Informatics Officer, NIC, H.P.; and Director (IT) to the Hon'ble Speaker, H.P. Vidhan Sabha as Members has been constituted and notification to this effect has been issued.

The Committee in its Meeting held on 28.11.2016 apprised regarding Workshop of Nodal Officers related to Palampur Constituency held at Palampur on 22 November, 2016 for implementing e-Constituency Management.

The Advisor cum Director (IT) to the Hon'ble Speaker apprised the Committee about how the system of e-Constituency Management will work after its implementation.

The Chairman told that there are two Committees already existing/functioning at the district level; one is Public

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Grievances Committee, which is presided over by one Senior Minister and another is District Development Committee in which the concerned MLAs of that district give their priority to developmental works. The Committee was of the opinion that the working of these committees should also be connected with e-Constituency Management. The Committee was of the opinion that a detailed report, on account of e-Constituency Management will have to be prepared and some components from those two committees should also be added.

The Committee was of the view that before implementing e-Constituency Management in other Constituencies of the State, it would be appropriate to define and develop one Constituency as a Model of e-Constituency first and then on the basis of that e-Constituency Management can be formed/implemented in other constituencies also. The Committee also suggested that Palampur Constituency, being represented by the Hon'ble Speaker, be appropriate to develop as a Model of e-Constituency Management. In its Meeting held on 28.07.2017 Committee was apprised about completion the implementation of e-Constituency Management and Launching of "My MLA" Mobile App in Palampur Constituency.

It was decided by the Committee that the Chairman will decide about the selection of other constituencies for implementing e-Constituency Management and Launching of "My MLA" Mobile App.

The Committee was also apprised about the Report on Software Requirement Specifications (SRS) and Technical Document of e-Constituency Management prepared by the Department of Information Technology, Himachal Pradesh through NICSI empanelled vendor and e-Vidhan Wing of H.P. Vidhan Sabha Secretariat. The Committee agreed to it. Continuous smooth working and maintenance of e-Vidhan System (e-Assembly and e-Constituency)

The Committee in its Meeting held on 17.02.2016 discussed the requirement for budget provision in the e-Vidhan Project with the ACS (Finance) who was apprised that a proposal has already been submitted to the Hon'ble Chief Minister by the Hon'ble Speaker personally wherein requirement of annual budget of Rs. 1.04 crores has been proposed. As the project has been funded by the Government of upto

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30.09.2016, therefore , there will be a requirement of budget provision of at least Rs. 50 lacs during the financial year 2016- 2017 i.e. after 30th September, 2016 and till 31st March, 2017 to meet out the salary to the e-Vidhan manpower and other expenses. Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) assured that they will keep a budget provision of Rs. 50 lacs in the Budget for the financial year 2016-2017.

Action Taken by the Finance Department:-

Provision of Necessary Funds in the State Annual Budget is being made by the Finance Department, Himachal Pradesh for the salary to the e-Vidhan manpower and other expenses related to e-Vidhan.

Creation of 22 posts:

It was decided that the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat will submit a proposal to the Government through Secretary (GAD) giving full justification for creation of 22 posts on outsource basis for smooth working, execution and maintenance of e- Vidhan (e-Assembly and e-Constituency) in the H.P. Vidhan Sabha Secretariat.

Action Taken by the State Government:-

22 posts in the different categories were created by the State Government for H.P. Vidhan Sabha Secretariat to be filled up on outsource basis vide notification no. VS/Estt./outsource/6-3/2016 dated 9 Aug 2016 and 19 Sep 2016 for continuous smooth working and maintenance of e-Vidhan System.

The NICSI ( Enterprise) continued the existing 22 manpower from 1st Oct 2016 as per the decision of the State Government vide letter no. GAD-C(GI)3-1/95-II dated 30 June 2016 & 14 Sep 2016, which was the implementing agency for e-Vidhan project in H.P. Vidhan Sabha.

National e-Vidhan Academy at Tapovan

The proposal of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India, regarding setting up National e-Vidhan Academy (Neva) and Central Project Management Unit for

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Parliament and all Legislative Bodies at Tapovan (Dharamshala), was placed before the Committee and discussed in detail in its Meeting held on 28.03.2016 and it was decided that before proceeding further in the matter, the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat should write to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India, regarding the provisions of draft MoU alongwith its terms and conditions, so that the matter could be got pursued further. It was also decided that the Secretary, H.P. Vidhan Sabha alongwith the Director (IT) to the Hon'ble Speaker and Under Secretary (Legislation) may visit New Delhi and discuss the matter with the Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India and its related departments i.e. Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DietY) and NICSI.

It was also decided that the proposal may be sent to the H.P. Government for perusal and approval in this behalf. In its Meeting held on 28.05.2016 the Committee had detailed discussion on the proposal of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India, regarding setting up of National e-Vidhan Academy (NeVA) at Tapovan, Dharamshala The Committee was apprised that the proposed Academy will provide training of e-Vidhan to all the Hon'ble Members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies all over India. So far as the 'Winter Session' of the H.P. Legislative Assembly is concerned, the same will be held at Tapovan as usual.

It was decided that the e-Governance - cum- General Purposes Committee of H.P. Vidhan Sabha may visit New Delhi to hold discussions with the Secretary and other Senior Officers of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India, on mutually agreed date and time regarding terms and conditions of MoU.

The Committee had a detailed discussion in its Meeting held on 04.07.2016 at Tapovan Dharamshala with the HPPWD representatives on creating and building of infrastructure and other related facilities to start the National e-Vidhan Academy (NeVA) at Tapovan (Dharamshala). The matters pertaining to construct the 100 rooms Hotel, for lodging and boarding of trinees, Training Station Station of e-Vidhan, Office for Director, Conference Hall, Office for Staff etc., were discussed. As per the Government of India's proposal, no separate building will be constructed to start the NeVA at Tapovan. So the above

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proposed infrastructure has to be made/accommodate in the existing buildings, expect 100 rooms Hostel for the trainees.

It was also proposed that the NeVA Training Station can be built in the ground floor of the House. This floor is presently being used by the staff of the Vidhan Sabha during the session. Two rooms, having a capacity of 50 candidates each, will be made there for training purpose and the training of the House related procedure of e-Governance etc. will be imparted separately in the House for which the prior permission of the Hon'ble Speaker will be required. It was also proposed that an additional storey can be constructed in the existing Ministers Chamber where the Office for the director and room for staff etc. can be built. The Committee was also of the view that if the additional storey will be made above the Ministers Chamber, the present structure, e.g. style of roof and rooms, should not be changed. It was also proposed that the existing Committee Room of the Vidhan Sabha, Tapovan (Dharamsala) can be modified into the Conference Room by providing all the Hi-tech facilities in it.

The matter of construction of 100 rooms Hostel was also discussed. As there is no vacant government land available nearby the premises of the Vidhan Sabha, so it was proposed that the hostel can be constructed in a distance place from the proposed National e-Vidhan Academy (NeVA) from where the trainees can easily travel up and down. The Executive Engineer, HPPWD (Dharamshala) suggested about a chunk of land near Tung; so it was further decided that the Committee, alongwith the representatives of HPPWD, will visit the site on 16.7.2016 for construction of 100 rooms hostel and other purposes. It was also decided that the Deputy Commissioner Kangra may be asked to accompany the Committee during this visit, so that the decision to select the site and other related issues, can be taken.

So far as the furniture for Training Station and for officers and officials are concerned, as per the norms of the Government of India only the Godrej furniture will be required, so the Committee was of the view that when the budget estimate will be prepared this thing may also be taken into consideration. The Training Station and 100 rooms 'hostels, as per the requirement of Gol, may be facilitated with Air Conditioning Facility.

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The Committee further asked the representative of the HPPWD that when they prepared the drawing and estimate of the proposed hostel, it may be taken into account that the rooms of the hostel must be a suit type room having a proper space with a separate sitting room with WiFi facility, a gallery and other basic amenities. The parking facility may also be shown in the ground floor of the building and a lift provision also be in it.

The representatives of HPPWD was asked to submitted the proposed budget estimate and drawing, after taking into account all the matter discussed in the meeting, before16.07.2016 so that the proposal can be submitted to the Government of India before 30th July 2017, as the Government of India wants to start this Academy by December this year.

Acton Taken:-

The proposal was submitted by the Secretary, H.P. Vidhan Sabha to the Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Government of India for further necessary action.

In its Meeting held on 04.07.2016 Committee was apprised about the discussion on the agenda items of the meeting held on 27th June, 2016 at New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs regarding the proposal for setting up National e-Vidhan Acadedmy (NeVA) and Central Project Management Unit for Parliament and all Legislative Bodies at Tapovan (Dharamshala).

The Committee was further apprised that MoU has to be signed between the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India and H.P. Legislative Assembly after consultation with the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of H.P. The Preliminary DPR for roll out of e- Vidhan in all the legislative bodies in India has to be prepared including HPVS complex Tapovan alongwith proposed setting up of NEVA before 30th July, 2016 by a Committee to be constituted by Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India.

It was desired that before forwarding the rough estimates and requirement for developing infrastructure for NEVA to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India, New

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Delhi, Hon'ble Chief Minister, Leader of the Opposition and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, H.P. would be apprised.

e-Governance-Cum-General Purposes Committee convened its meeting on 16.07.2016 at Tapovan Dharamshala for apprising the Committee regarding the decisions of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs for developing Tapovan Premise of H.P. Legislative Assembly as “National e-Vidhan Academy (NeVA)” and preparing preliminary DPR by a Committee headed by Shri Sanjeev Mittal (IAS), Joint Secretary , DeiTy Govt. of India before 30th July, 2016. The minutes of the meeting held on 27.06.2016 at 3.30 pm under the Chairmanship of Shri Prabhas Kumar Jha, Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs were placed before the Committee.

Opening remarks by Shri B. B. L. Butail, Chairman

I welcome all the Hon’ble Members of the H.P. Vidhan Sabha, Shri Ritesh Chauhan, Deputy Commissioner, Kangra at Dharamshala, Secretary, HP Vidhan Sabha, Officers from the Central Government, Director (IT) and officers of the Himachal Pradesh Government.

I am pleased to be with you here at this meeting. This meeting is actually the outcome of the e-Vidhan process which is going on in the country. We have completed e-Vidhan Project in HP Vidhan Sabha. Now, every state is asking for the setting up of e-Vidhan Project in their respective assemblies. The central Government is very keen to get it implemented throughout the country and have asking for the requirements from NIC Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has taken charge of initiating the process.

The Assembly is second place for us after . We only hold Winter Session here. Except for holding Winter Session here, for whole of the year complex remains unutilized. The Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India has very gladly agreed to set up the National e-Vidhan Academy in this complex. I think the decision was well taken. We also agreed for that. So far as the H.P. Vidhan Sabha and the State Government are concerned, Deputy Commissioner and other officers are here. I am representing HP Vidhan Sabha and

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partly the Government also. We would like to highlight our difficulties and demands. The only thing is that we have to protect our rights because we hold Assembly Session here once in a year and use this building and other facilities. We will have to see how it can be used. The Hon’ble Chief Minister has agreed for opening of NeVA here and has given consent. The modalities of the NeVA will be discussed today. We will co- operate you in best possible way. I think at the earliest the Academy should open here. Last fortnigh I had met with the Minister of State Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. He has also appreciated the idea that the Academy should be opened here. The priorities have to be finalized today in this in this meeting. So, I would like you to initiate the process and guide us also in what respect we have to give our cooperation to you. Deputy Commissioner is here. Land is available with us for the hostel which has to be built by the Central Government. The officers of the State Government who re sitting here would like to know your requirements so that they can make the rough estimates to be given to you for further processing of the proposal. This is the crux of the meeting. I would like that the things should be initiated at the earliest. From the side of the HP Legislative Assembly, I would like to request to you that interests of the HP Legislative Assembly as well as of the Government may be kept in kind. I suppose that you can maintain this building also. We are glad that the infrastructure will be created by the Central Government and will be part of the HP Vidhan Sabha but temporarily under the charge of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India. The matter of setting up of National e-Vidhan Academy (NeVA) at Tapovan (Dharamshala) was discussed earlier and thereafter the officers from the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs as well as IT and NICSI came to Tapovan (Dharamshala) and visited the site and approved it. However, the DPR of the proposal is being prepared by the Central Government in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. Till the report of the Central Government is received, the Committee in its Meeting held on 05.09.2016 decided to keep pending this matter

It was further proposed by some Members that the Committee should visit New Delhi to interact with the Hon'ble

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Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the Secretary of the Ministry on 28th and 29th September, 2016 and to apprise them of the progress being made in e-Vidhan process and to know about the status of the proposed NeVA at Tapovan (Dharamshala).

It was decided in the Meeting held on 23.09.2016 that the ACS/Principal Secretary (IT) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh will be nodal Officer for e-Vidhan as required by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MPA) Govt. of India. In this regard, intimation will be sent to the MPA by the Department of Information Technology, Himachal Pradesh.

Procuring Internet Dongles by the H.P. Vidhan Sabha Secretariat to the Hon'ble MLAs including Ministers. The letter including the rates negotiated with internet providers received from the Department of IT, Himachal Pradesh, was placed before the Committee in its Meeting held on 28.03.2016 and it was decided that a 4G Plan-5GB of Airtel may be procured by H.P. Vidhan Sabha Secretariat from the State Budget for the Hon'ble MLAs including Ministers (68 Nos.), Secretary VS (1 No.) and e-Vidhan Wing (1.No.)

Presentation by DCs and SDMs In the Committee Meeting held on 28.09.2015 Deputy Commissioner, Hamirpur gave presentation on Hot Dak Tracking System. The Committee was of the view that the system is working well, but there is still scope for improvement. The only limitation is that it is not online. The D.C. Hamirpur also gave a brief presentation on Baba Balak Nath Temple. The Committee desired that the Hot Dak Tracking system or similar kind of system may be implemented in all government departments and e-Constituency may act as a bridge for information sharing across the departments in all the districts of the Himachal Pradesh. The major concern of all the Hon'ble Members was that they want to know about the status of works. Hon'ble Members desired that the updated information should be readily available on the mobile application of the members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

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The DC Mandi gave a presentation before the Committee on "Use of Information Technology in Administration" on 28-10-2015. The Committee appreciated the efforts made by DC, Mandi for promoting tourism. The Committee desired that the Department of Information Technology will send the presentation to the Tourism department for comments which should be placed before the Committee in the next meeting. The Committee appreciated the information shared by the DC, Mandi regarding the kinds of helps "Call On 108" are being provided and directed to circulate a circular on this information to the Committee and all Members of HP Vidhan Sabha.

SDM (C), Nurpur gave presentation before the Committee on the “e-Governance Initiative at BDO Office, Nurpur” on 26-11-2015.

The main thrust of the presentation was on the use of WhatsApp application as the same is effective for administrative management, redressal of public grievances/emergencies etc.

Study of e-Governance Centres

It was also decided in the Committee Meeting held on 28.09.2015 to send a questionnaire to all the Deputy Commissioners to call for the information about the working of e-Governance Centres in districts, sub-divisions and tehsils including revenue and expenses. .

In the Meeting held on 04.07.2016 Committee was apprised about the replies received from all the districts expect Solan on working of e-Governance Centres & User Charges. The Committee directed that the Deputy Commissioner, Solan may be asked to furnish file the reply at the earliest.

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Accolades for e-Vidhan

1. Himachal Pradesh Government awarded State Civil Service Award, 2015 on 15th April 2015 for successfully implementing e-Vidhan System in the Himachal Pradesh. 2. Honoured by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG), Govt. Of India for the BEST PRACTICE initiative (e-Vidhan) and presentation at Nanital (Uttrakhand) on 7th July, 2017 about successful implementation of e-Vidhan in H.P. Vidhan Sabha. 3. SKOCH Order-of-Merit Award conferring during the 49th SKOCH Summit on 8th-9th September 2017 at Constitution Club of India, Rafi Marg, New Delhi. 4. The Presiding officers, House Committees and teams of officers from 22 states visited H.P. Legislative Assembly to study e-Vidhan and have shown interest in rolling out of e-Vidhan H.P. model in their states. 5. Replica of e-Vidhan was setup on 36th India International Trade Fair from 14th to 27th Nov., 2016 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi and appreciated by the visitors. 6. Replica of e-Vidhan was setup on during Exhibition on Good Governance Day organised by Govt. of India in Dec 2014 at New Delhi and appreciated by the visitors.

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