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Nepals ICT scenario

Prospects and challenges

Er. Ganesh ShahMinister, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology

mingshah@most.gov.np

shahganesh@gmail.com

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Presentation highlights

Current situation

Indicators, footprint

Why policy emphasis on ICTs?Challenges from policy perspective

Common observation

Way forward

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Indicators

Fixed line telephone 5,24,443Mobile Telephone 25,00,124Service Penetration (1 in 100 population):

Fixed + Mobile 12.45

Fixed: 2.29% Internet (subscribers only) .28

VSAT user 110 International Internet Bandwidthper inhabitant 6.59 kbps Internet access tariff (20 hours per month),

in US$, and as a percentage of per capita incomeUS$10.57, 3.92%

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Prospects: why policy emphasis on ICTs?

ICTs have potential to promote,

Inclusive/ participatory governance

Facebook, blogs??

Transparent and accountable governance

e-Governance project

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Favorable Policy outcomes

Health, education, agricultural services

ICT sector as an economic sector

Export potential, employment generation

India more than 40Bn USD turnover-IT/BPO sector

Nepal can always expect for a modestshare of global outsourcing pie

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Challenges from policy perspective

Dynamism of the sectorFast evolving technology with policy implications

Example, spectrum management challenges, VoIP

Cross-cutting nature of ICTsNeed to orient sectoral agencies to adopt IT

strategies

Infrastructural challenges

Bandwidth availability and costs

P

ower situation (load shedding)

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G2C

Government portal, NID(2)

Groupware, e-Education(2)

Ph

ase

1

(7)

EA, GIDC, (PKI), Comm.Network (3)

NID, e-Health, Passport, e-Vehicle, Government portal,

Driver license, e-Agriculture (7)

e-Procurement, e-Customs,BRAMS, e-Commerce (4)

e-Tax, Immigration, e-

Education, e-Land, e-MIS,

Groupware, e-Pollution, e-Authentication, KMS, GIS (10)

EA, Comm. Network, GIDC,

Public Key Infrastructure (4)

G2B G2G Infra

1st Evaluation

NID, e-Health, Passport, e-Post,

Government Portal, Social

Insurance, e-Pension, e-Vehicle, e-Election, Driver

license, e-Petition, e-Agriculture

(12)

Recruitment and Employment

Information System, e-

Procurement, e-Customs, e-Patent, e-Tourism, BRAMS, e-

Commerce (7)

e-Tax, Immigration, e-Education, e-Land, e-

Authentication, Groupware (6)

EA, Comm. Network, GIDC, PKI(4)

Projec

t(33)

Project

(21)

2nd Evaluation

Phase2

(13)

e-Health, Passport, e-Vehicle, Driver license,e-Agriculture (5)

e-Procurement, BRAMS,e-Customs, e-Commerce(4)

e-Tax, Immigration, e-

Land, e-Authentication (4)(0)

(0)

Citizen centered

On-line public service Diversification of servicechannel

Transparent

One-stop public service Opening admin.Information and process

Networked

Computerization andIntegration

Standardization

Improving ICT resource

ICT based facility

Strategy

eGMP Project FrameworkeGMP Project FrameworkPriority Evaluation

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Way forward

Revised IT Policy and work plan with morearticulated policy provisions

Focus in implementation

Implementation ofIT policy has so far remained veryweak

Emphasis on action research that could be

scaled up to full-fledged projects

e-Education, telemedicine, e-Agriculture.

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Intensive engagement with the private sector

Strategy for developing IT services and BPO (Business ProcessOutsourcing) sector

Operational zing the IT Park

Working collaboratively to ease difficulties

Streamline/ fine-tune institutional arrangement

Overlapping functional areas

Intra/ inter-organizational challenges

Effective implementation of e-Governance

Facilitating rural-urban linkages

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