The Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today said that a productive discussion took place on various issues, including the digitisation of legislative assemblies, capacity building of legislators, and the role of legislative bodies in sustainable and inclusive development in the 10th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region Conference. Mr. Birla, who is also the Chairperson of the CPA India Region, chaired the two-day meeting that concluded in New Delhi today. 25 speakers, four chairmen, and 22 presiding officers of legislatures from states and union territories, along with others, attended the conference.

Briefing the media after the conclusion of the conference, Lok Sabha Speaker said that during the meeting all participants opined that legislative bodies should be made more active among the people so that benefits of sustainable and inclusive development reach the last person in the queue. He said innovative ideas and best practices adopted in the state assemblies were also shared among the participants. Mr. Birla said that discussion also took place on the issue of the completion of digitisation of state assemblies so that the goal of one nation, one digital platform, could be achieved.

The CPA India Region was created in 2004 from the erstwhile CPA Asia Region as one of the nine regions of the CPA. Currently, it has 31 Member Branches, including the Parliament of India and 30 State and Union Territories Legislatures.