Kathmandu, March 24: Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, has placed emphasis on IT infrastructure development while formulating budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
At a programme organized to discuss with departments and agencies under the Communication Ministry on budget planning for three-year budget (2082/83-2084/85 BS), Minister Gurung drew attention of department chiefs to come up with plan serving broader objective.
Claiming that the development of IT has largely contribute to increase public revenue, he described it challenging to take advantage of technical advancements as expected without robust infrastructure development around IT sector. So, I urge all the responsible authorities to bring a plan such construction of the IT Park.
Also the government spokesperson, Minister Gurung mentioned, “Government investment is necessary to take Nepal to technology-friendly and e-governance systems. Constructing data centre is another emphatic task”.
Stressing the need of launching a campaign for the implementation of integrated office system and use of Nagarik App, he added necessary budget should be allocated for the same. Communications Minister Gurung stated that the ministry was suffering from the challenge of increasing absorbing capacity, calling for employees to perform honestly and fearlessly for the results.
Saying that the government agencies should approve budget within Asar 15 ((June 28). Communications Secretary, Radhika Aryal, urged to formulate pro-people budget with innovative plans. On the occasion, chiefs of departments and agencies under the ministry briefed about the budget of their respective offices.
Executive Chairperson of the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Dharmendra Jha, highlighted the need of making it mandatory for all the government agencies to subscribe the news products of RSS in order to promote self-reliance of the news agency.
He drew the government’s attention to increase allocation of budget for the RSS to expand its museum and plural language services. Chair Jha mentioned, “Government’s extra grant is necessary to provide news service to small-scale media through RSS free of cost. It will also help make RSS self-reliant,
Also speaking on the occasion, Chairperson of the Public Service Broadcasting, Nepal, Dr Mahendra Bista, said management of employees as well as construction of physical and technical infrastructure are mandatory to make the PSB’s activities efficient.
Likewise, General Manager of the Gorkhapatra Corporation, Lal Bahadur Airee, pointed out the need of sufficient budgetary allocation for the construction of a new building of Gorkhapatra Corporation as well as for digitalization of its service.
Director General of the Department of Information and Broadcasting, Pradip Pariyar, shared that 10 different schemes that did not bring tangible results have been removed from budget plan. #nepal #political #rss
