{"id":276797,"date":"2026-01-21T00:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=276797"},"modified":"2026-01-21T00:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:07:10","slug":"pongte-stresses-on-use-of-technology-in-lawmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/pongte-stresses-on-use-of-technology-in-lawmaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Pongte stresses on use of technology in lawmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>LUCKNOW, 20 Jan:<\/strong> Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Tesam Pongte on Tuesday highlighted the critical role of technology in making legislative processes transparent, efficient, and citizen-centric.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the 86th All India Presiding Officers&#8217; Conference held at the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Bhavanhere, Pongte stated that &#8220;democracy today is increasingly judged by the transparency and effectiveness of institutions, and the extent to which citizens are meaningfully engaged in governance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He observed that technology has the potential to simplify legislative procedures, enhance accountability, and bring citizens closer to the lawmaking process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to initiatives undertaken by the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, he highlighted the adoption of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) and the implementation of the e-Vidhan project, which have enabled the Assembly to function in a paperless and digitally integrated environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These reforms, he said, have streamlined legislative workflows, reduced dependence on physical documents, and improved access to legislative information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pongte also emphasised the importance of citizen participation, noting that &#8220;digital platforms, online consultations, and virtual hearings allow wider public engagement, particularly benefiting people in remote and marginalised areas.&#8221; He added that technology should be seen as an enabler of democratic values and must be supported by strong institutional commitment and responsiveness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The speaker stated that, with vision and inclusive use of technology, legislatures can strengthen democratic trust, improve the quality of lawmaking, and ensure governance that truly serves the people. (Speaker&#8217;s PR Cell)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUCKNOW, 20 Jan: Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Tesam Pongte on Tuesday highlighted the critical role of technology in making legislative processes transparent, efficient, and citizen-centric. Addressing the 86th All India Presiding Officers&#8217; Conference held at the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Bhavanhere, Pongte stated that &#8220;democracy today is increasingly judged by the transparency and effectiveness of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-276797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276802,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276797\/revisions\/276802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}