Om Birla inaugurates NeVA Digital House in Bihar Legislature on Bihar Legislative Assembly's foundation day
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the NeVA Digital House in the Bihar Legislature and addressed legislators on the foundation day of the Bihar Legislative Assembly in Patna on 7 February 2026.
Summary
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addressed members of the Bihar Legislature in Patna on 7 February 2026, the foundation day of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, at a programme on 'Empowered Legislators, Stronger Democracy', and inaugurated the NeVA Digital House in the Bihar Legislature. He expressed concern over the decline of dignity and decorum in legislatures and urged policy-oriented, fact-based criticism. The National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) is one of the 44 Mission Mode Projects under the Digital India Programme; run by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, it aims to make state legislatures paperless and bring all 37 legislative houses onto one platform under 'One Nation, One Application'.
Key facts
- Date and place
- 7 February 2026, Patna
- Occasion
- Foundation day of Bihar Legislative Assembly
- Inaugurated
- NeVA Digital House, Bihar Legislature
- Theme
- Empowered Legislators, Stronger Democracy
- NeVA
- One of 44 Digital India MMPs; nodal ministry: Parliamentary Affairs; 'One Nation, One Application'
Practice MCQs 2 questions
On 7 February 2026, Om Birla inaugurated the NeVA Digital House in the legislature of which state?
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Correct answer: C — Bihar
He inaugurated the NeVA Digital House in the Bihar Legislature on the Bihar Legislative Assembly's foundation day.
Consider the following about the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA): 1. It is one of the 44 Mission Mode Projects under the Digital India Programme. 2. Its nodal ministry is the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. NeVA is run by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, under the vision of 'One Nation, One Application'.