Kathmandu, April 29: The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has made public the activities it carried out in the last one month. Since the assumption of office by Dr Bikram Timilsina, the ministry argued it made significant improvements in public service delivery.
The 100-point good governance agenda announced by the government was put into practice by the ministry with introduction of new tasks and intensification of delayed ones. The ministry claimed it intensified the works relating to printing smart driving license, courier service, expansion of telecommunications, reform in cyber security and administrative reform.
The Minister took special initiation to end the protracted printing of smart driving license card. Now, the government has planned to hand over the license card within 24 hours since the receipt of data from Transport Management Department in case of new applicants. The cards are printed in the Security Printing Press.
As per agreement, 1.2 million copies of license cards have been printed. The department and centre have made agreement to print 1.7 million more license card by the end of this fiscal year.
Similarly, the centre has printed 3 million copies of postage stamps and provided to the Postal Service Department.
A concept of ‘government courier service’ has been forwarded to modernize postal service. This scheme has been enforced in Kalikot, Sindhupalchok, Banke, Kaski, Sunsari, Makawanpur, Myagdi, Siraha, Dadeldhura and Gulmi districts for the initial phase and is being expanded to other gradually.
The postal code having five digital is getting upgraded to seven digital as per federal system so that citizen could be provided service at their convenience.
The performance list goes to improvement in telecommunication service by making it friendly to consumers. All packages of pre-paid mobile service has been expanded to 30 days from 28 days. The ‘pay and you go’ system has been revised to ensure all-time mobile functioning. The ministry decided to provide 800 MHZ additional band in enhance 4G quality. Expansion of 5G is also charted out. One time KYC and all service online have been forwarded.
Nagarik App has got entry to digital Nepal campaign where varieties out services relating to Nepal Police, engineering, public service, exams, certificates and entrance papers of university are available. The Passport Department and the Transport Department are interlinked to avoid dual and burdensome data collection.
The government websites are being upgraded to the international standard for security and accessibility.
As many as 11,000 betting Apps and websites are disbanded through Nepal Telecommunications Authority.
The government’s scheme ‘zero pending file’ is in place to given impetus to ending plodding administrative works. The new performance indicators of employees is another feature in this sector.
Agreement has been received in principle from the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary on draft bills of Information Technology and of Cyber Security. These will create a solid legal base for digital governance and prevention of cyber crimes.
New programmes on Athpahariya Rai and Mudiyari languages have been launched in Radio Nepal, while installation of high quality optical fibres from Nepal Television studio to parliament building is another move to digital drive.
The Ministry began a process to conducting monitoring of various frauds relating to foreign employment via social networking sites. Policy reform, improvement in technical service and direct benefits to citizens are highly prioritized by Minister Dr Timilsina.
