A presentation on Digital Initiatives in Lok Sabha

A presentation on Digital Initiatives in Lok Sabha By Sushma Rungta Director

Stakeholders of the Parliamentary Functioning Elected Representatives The Secreteriat Lok Sabha Members’Portal The Electorate Website for the Public Branch related Interface

Members’ Portal – At a glance General Information Personalized Information Legislative Business Related Information Online Request Services e-Reference Services e-Notice Services e-Petition Service Miscellaneous Request Services Communication and Utility Services

General & Personalized Information Bulletin Part I and Part II Verbatim Debates Circulars and Notices scroll Personal Profile Member related Communication/Document MPs membership in committees Meeting schedules related to the member Meeting schedule of other committees Agenda and Minutes of the Committee Meetings Payment Details

Member’s Portal - online services A comprehensive e-portal for the Members, inter-alia focuses on filing of questions and parliamentary notices online under various rules for Adjournment motions, Calling attention, Half an hour discussion, short duration discussion, Zerohour discussion and Questions etc. A Members’ Reference Service is also available wherein members can send requests for reference material on various subjects and receive material electronically Members can submit petitions electronically Members can also submit miscellaneous requests online

Member’s Portal – other interfaces Members are electronically provided with Legislative Business in advance (Lo. B). Questions Listed for the day Answers of the Starred Questions Papers circulated (Bills) Verbatim Debates Synopsis Bulletins (Legislative Business related and General notices)

Member’s Portal

Facilities to Members are entitled to purchase computer hardware/software and other peripherals upto Rs. 3, 000/. Broadband Internet connection is also available at their residences and the capacity of which has been augmented from 70 GB to 200 GB per month at the speed of 20 mbps over Fiber To The Home(FTTH). Members can access information over intranet while present in the House. Members can also view the Lok Sabha TV live on their hand-held devices through LSTV App.

Administrative interfaces for the Secretariat Legislative Branch uploads the Bills and amendments to the bills in advance Status of the Bills is also updated by Legislative Branch Notices received, scrutinized and admitted by Branches viz. Question Branch, LB -I, LB-II, Table Office, etc. Committee Branches upload the schedule of the Meetings, Agenda, Minutes, Reports and any other information received from various Ministries/Departments Reference Branch scrutinizes the request received from the Members and provides the related information electronically Committee on Petitions Branch receives the petitions from the Members and forwards to the concerned Ministries/Departments and update the status

Efforts towards Paperless Secretariat Lok Sabha Intranet – contains information related to the employees of Lok Sabha Secretariat Implementation of E-Office E-Leave E-payment FTS/ FMS(File Tracking System/File Management System) Digitization of records Lok Sabha Web Portal

Digital Library Portal Parliament Digital Library (PDL) portal provides information relating to parliamentary documents of Lok Sabha through scanning and uploading or through transfer of documents that are electronically available. Documents digitized and uploaded on PDL: as on date, 3, 87, 291 digitized pdf files The text of debates from 1 st Lok Sabha to 16 th Lok Sabha The portal also provides categorized Debates by titles/ members (from 11 th to 16 th Lok Sabha) to explore/ search question, title, type (starred, unstarred, short notice question)368, 905 files 9, 550 Reports of various Parliamentary Committees All Presidential Addresses to Parliament (1947 to 2018) and all Budget Speeches, General and Railways (1947 to 2018) Constituent Assembly of India- Draft Making from 9 December 1946 to 24 January 1950; English and Hindi

Digital Library Portal - continued Debates of Provisional Parliament from 1950 to 1952; and Debates of Constituent Assembly of India (Legislative) from 1947 -1949 Constituent Assembly of India- Draft Making from 9 December 1946 to 24 January 1950; English and Hindi , and Debates of Constituent Assembly of India (Legislative) from 1947 -1949 So far we have been able to digitise, besides many other information. Government Bills from 1952 to 1990 as Introduced in LS and RS (from 1990 onwards available on LS homepage)

Lok Sabha Web Portal Lok Sabha Webportal was launched in the year 1996 It provides information related to Members, their profiles and their participation in the House Updated information of all the Committees House business related information Verbatim debates, Questions and Answers and Synopsis Legislative Bills related information Papers laid on the Table of the House Information related to Secretariat

Gateway to all Legislatures in India Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and other Legislatures in India can be accessed through this gateway

Facilitation through Digital Mode We are closing-in to the paperless Parliament through the online services such as e-Payment, e-Office, e. Wisdom and Member’s Portal. Members are now Aware of the scheduled Legislative Business(Lo. B) in advance(Today in Parliament). Get the papers/information instantly even in the house through the Wi-Fi enabled intranet facility Able to submit the notices through the Member’s Portal Members can get the answers of the starred questions on to the portal by 10 AM which enable them to ask the supplementary questions in the House Able to know schedule of Committee Meetings, Agenda, Draft Reports online. Able to submit request for references and obtain information online. Able to know the payments such as Salary, TA/DA reimbursement and medical reimbursement made to them through their poral. Able to have two way communication with the Secretariat Able to communicate with other Members of Lok Sabha

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