KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 10
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki has directed chiefs of the line agencies of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to perform in such a way so as to make the presence of government felt among the general public.
In the bi-annual review meeting at the ministry today, Minister Karki said the CIT ministry was the face of the government, therefore, it should work to ensure outcome to the people along with the identification of problems.
Saying that results cannot be delivered by escaping accountability and responsibility, Minister Karki asked officials to increase capital expenditure as it was not satisfying in the first six months of the current fiscal year.
Karki stated officials should meet the target of capital expenditure by completing the estimated tasks by mid-May.
The minister shared that only 47 projects among 142 had targeted milestones of the ministry announced in the national budget and were completed. He asked officials to accomplish the remaining milestones.
On the occasion, Karki said he wanted to make telecommunications services more qualitative and reliable.
Also speaking at the programme, member of National Planning Commission Saloni Pradhan Singh said part of implementation among the ministry's line agencies was not satisfactory though their role was crucial in the time of COVID-19.
Likewise, Secretary at the Ministry Dr Baikuntha Aryal urged coordination among line agencies to speed up performance.
He also directed government media to complete their digital archiving and to operate video service of RSS and NTV World.
A version of this article appears in the print on February 11, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
