eGovWatch: Uttar Pradesh goes digital with state legislature proceedings

The Multilingual Intelligent Search and Analytics solution is an integrated solution to scan, annotate and indexed books of proceedings – stored in a digital vault, and available on the portal accessible from any device.

Uttar Pradesh Vidhaan Sabha has embraced Multilingual Intelligent Search and Analytics Solution of Persistent Systems digitize of the proceedings of the State Legislature. SemanticBits, a Hyderabad-based company, partnered with Persistent as part of a consortium for this initiative.

Legislative information, often dating back to when legislative bodies were first created, is comprised of books of proceedings, newspaper cuttings, orders, letters, as well as audio and video recordings. The Multilingual Intelligent Search and Analytics solution is an integrated solution to scan, annotate and indexed books of proceedings – stored in a secure and tamperproof digital vault, and available on the portal accessible from any device. The solution allows searches in English, Hindi and other official Indian languages, through a specialized search capability custom built for Indian languages.Multilingual Intelligent Search and Analytics solution replaces the traditional and cumbersome practice of manual or physical searches and retrievals.

“The Legislature of the State of Uttar Pradesh is the first State Legislature to undertake this stupendous task. The features of this software like its search engine and other aspects are the latest technology in the field,“ said Pradeep Dubey, Principal Secretary, Legislative Secretariat Uttar Pradesh. “I hope other state assemblies will follow suit.”

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