Sunday, January 10, 2016

Maharashtra becomes first state to allow MLAs raise online question

Maharashtra has become first state to allow the members of state legislature to raise online questions.
Aim: To move towards complete digitization of the process. The idea is to raise it to 100% and bringing the paperwork to minimum.
Programme: State government has given unique usernames and passwords to the members and a server has been set up. Laptops of members have been configured to server, which is set up by Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd.(MKCL)
  • Each member was given training once by MKCL, while members’ personal assistants were trained twice.
  • Answers given by ministers will also be made available online and in the last step all members, ministers and assembly speaker will be given touch screen tablets, connected via-wireless network. Assembly and council have been connected through Wi-Fi for the first time.
  • Principal secretary: Anant Kalse
Key points: Maharashtra
Third largest state in India and also the world’s second-most populous sub-national entity.
Capital: Mumbai
CM: Devendra Fadnavis
Governor: C. Vidyasagar Rao

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