Union Government is planning to bring all document of Parliament since the constitution of the first Parliament to till now on internet. An ambitious project by the Centre, termed as e-sansad, will digitize and make available all Parliament documents, including debates, speeches, committee reports and questions, on the internet.
Once available online, the database could turn out to be a valuable resource for researchers, historians, academicians and activists.
Subhash Kashyap distinguish constitutional expert, said the exhaustive database will primarily help to legal professionals who, while preparing arguments, often had to refer to the intention of lawmakers. "The only caution is the indexing has to be perfected to ensure retrieval is easy." Currently, most indexing is session- and year-wise. As many debates run for years and across sessions, topic-wise indexing is important, too.
This initiative will also help bring India on a par with developed nations such as the US and the UK, which have advanced digital archives online. "In fact, Sweden and Norway have developed sophisticated technologies that enable Parliament proceedings to be available online on a real-time basis," Kashyap said. This is possible through voice recognition software.
The mandate to digitise Parliament is part of the second phase of the national e-governance plan (NeGP), under which the government has identified 10 new areas to be digitised in a mission-mode manner.
A formal plan under the e-sansad project is yet to be chalked. Once ready, it will be submitted to the Department of Electronics and Information Technology.
A similar project, e-Vidhan, will be implemented across state Vidhan Sabhas.
What is e-governance plan?
The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) has been formulated by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). The Union Government approved the NeGP, on May 18, 2006.
The NeGP aims at improving delivery of Government services to citizens and businesses with the following vision:
"Make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common service delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, transparency & reliability of such services at affordable costs to realise the basic needs of the common man."
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/broadband-and-iptv-news/item/5424-cq-centre-to-bring-parliament-documents-on-internet.html
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