KATHMANDU, JUNE 18
Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun asserted that the State should give high priority to development and promotion of Information, Communication and Technology sector.
He said this while inaugurating the 'Huawei Digital Nepal Conclave 2022 in association with Info Developers Connected by Ncell' in Kathmandu today. The two-day event organised by ICT Foundation has over 60 stakeholders, speakers from five countries.
More than 10 sessions will be organised under five themes during the event.
Participants will assess the implementation of the action-plan and programmes put in place by the government for the development and promotion of ICT sector. The event will also discuss the future course of action for the same Stating that the State should move ahead in a planned manner for the rapid development of ICT sector, Pun spoke of the need to take forward programmes that help realise the government's vision for 'Digital Nepal Framework'.
He also stressed the need to move ahead systematically to tackle the challenges prevailing in the ICT sector.
The VP also pressed for enabling favourable environment to invent and manufacture the tools and equipment needed for the sector.
Furthermore, VP Pun said that public service delivery should be ensured through the medium of internet which, he opined, would make public service delivery accessible, easy and people-oriented.
He also called for activeness of the three-tier governments for ensuring public service delivery in all parts of the country through the use of science and technology.
"Unless Nepal develops its own Information Technology, other sectors will also not get an impetus for development," added the VP.
A version of this article appears in the print on June 19, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
