India, Jan. 13 -- Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Monday said digital documentation in the recently concluded paperless Winter Session of the Delhi Assembly yielded Rs 1.69 lakh in savings, cut paper use by more than 3.38 lakh pages and helped protect 40.56 trees, besides reducing carbon emissions.

An internal assessment of reduced paper use during the legislative session indicates measurable environmental and financial savings achieved by avoiding the printing of question papers, Bills, and other official documents, officials said.

According to the assessment, the Question Branch alone accounted for 2,24,000 pages: 320 questions printed at an average of 10 pages per question, with 70 copies each. The Bills Branch accounted for...