Digital center for the MLAs and the MLCs inaugurated in the Assembly premises

Hyderabad|India|February'2011: The Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy inaugurated the digital center for the MLAs and the MLCs in the Assembly premises. Andhra Pradesh is the first state in the country to digitize the Assembly records and make them available online. It is also the first state to start a training programme for MLC's and MLAs in the assembly premises round the clock.

The Information Technology and Communications department conducted a one day eGovernance leadership meet at Hotel Taj Krishna in November 2010 as part of the National eGovernance Plan capacity building. The workshop was attended by the then Speaker of the House Sri. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy along with over 100 MLAs and MLCs. The MLAs and MLCs were given exposure to the eGovernance by officers from the IT&C department and the Government of India and eminent personalities. A digital lab was contemplated and the IT&C department was given the task of creating a computer lab within the assembly premises before the budget sessions.

Within the stipulated period of 3 months, the lab was created in the space allotted by the Deputy Speaker. All legislatures can avail this facility for training, internet browsing, seeing previous proceedings live on the net.

The features of the lab are:
1. The lab has state of the art computers with high end display monitors.
2. The lab is provided with 1 Mbps high speed internet dedicated line.
3. The lab is staffed with 2 full time staff operating in two shifts (2 resources from 8 am to 2 pm and another 2 resources from 2 pm to 8 pm)
4. All assembly records are digitized from 1956.
5. All video records are digitized from 1996.
6. A high speed laser jet printer for printing any documents.