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Navigating Nepal’s ICT Landscape: Prospects and Challenges

This presentation by Er. Ganesh Shah, Minister of the Ministry of Environment, Science, and Technology, outlines the current ICT scenario in Nepal, including service penetration rates and internet access. It emphasizes why policies should prioritize ICTs for promoting inclusive governance, health, education, and economic growth. However, challenges such as evolving technology, infrastructural deficits, and policy implementation barriers persist. The proposed way forward includes revised IT policies, collaboration with the private sector, and enhancing e-Governance initiatives to improve public service delivery.

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Navigating Nepal’s ICT Landscape: Prospects and Challenges

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  1. Nepal’s ICT scenario Prospects and challenges Er. Ganesh ShahMinister, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology mingshah@most.gov.np shahganesh@gmail.com

  2. Presentation highlights • Current situation • Indicators, footprint • Why policy emphasis on ICTs? • Challenges from policy perspective • Common observation • Way forward

  3. Indicators • Fixed line telephone 5,24,443 • Mobile Telephone 25,00,124 • Service Penetration (1 in 100 population): • Fixed + Mobile 12.45 • Fixed: 2.29% • Internet (subscribers only).28 • VSAT user 110 • International Internet Bandwidth per inhabitant 6.59 kbps • Internet access tariff (20 hours per month), in US$, and as a percentage of per capita income US$10.57, 3.92%

  4. Prospects: why policy emphasis on ICTs? • ICTs have potential to promote, • Inclusive/ participatory governance • Facebook, blogs?? • Transparent and accountable governance • e-Governance project

  5. 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 modest share of global outsourcing pie

  6. Challenges from policy perspective • Dynamism of the sector • Fast evolving technology with policy implications • Example, spectrum management challenges, VoIP • Cross-cutting nature of ICTs • Need to orient sectoral agencies to adopt IT strategies • Infrastructural challenges • Bandwidth availability and costs • Power situation (load shedding)

  7. Priority Evaluation eGMP Project Framework G2C G2B G2G Infra Transparent Networked Improving ICT resource Citizen centered • One-stop public service • Opening admin. Information and process • Computerization and Integration • Standardization • ICT based facility • On-line public service • Diversification of service channel Strategy 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-MIS, Groupware, e-Pollution, e-Authentication, KMS, GIS (10)‏ EA, Comm. Network, GIDC, Public Key Infrastructure (4)‏ Project (33)‏ 1st Evaluation 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-Authentication, Groupware (6)‏ EA, Comm. Network, GIDC, PKI (4)‏ Project (21)‏ 2nd Evaluation Government portal, NID (2)‏ (0)‏ Groupware, e-Education (2)‏ EA, GIDC, (PKI), Comm. Network (3)‏ Phase 1 (7)‏ 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)‏ Phase 2 (13)‏ 7

  8. Way forward • Revised IT Policy and work plan with more articulated policy provisions • Focus in implementation • Implementation of IT policy has so far remained very weak • Emphasis on action research that could be scaled up to full-fledged projects • e-Education, telemedicine, e-Agriculture….

  9. Intensive engagement with the private sector • Strategy for developing IT services and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) 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

  10. THANK YOU

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