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Wednesday, 3.07.2024
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Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal said that the government was planning to introduce an electronic national identity card system under which all the citizens of the country would be provided a smart card as their national identity card.

"All the information related to a citizen will be contained in that card," said Prime Minister Nepal addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Government Integrated Data Centre's (GIDC) newly constructed building set up on the Singh Durbar premises. He added that the Election Commission's cards for eligible voters and passports would be machine readable too.

Read more: Nepal: Electronic national ID cards planned

In a bid to provide hassle-free service to service seekers, the Department of Transport Management (DoTM) has introduced electronic billing (E-Billing) system at Bagmati Transport Management Office (BTMO) at Lalitpur.

The introduction of E-Billing is expected to replace long queues at the office and provide hassle-free and timely service to service seekers. This will also help make day to day affairs at the BTMO more managed.

Read more: Nepal: Bagmati Transport Management Office adopts e-billing system

Public Enterprises are the statutory companies which produce goods and services to satisfy the basic needs of the people. The government is the owner of such enterprises. The practicality of public Enterprises emerged with the concept of welfare state that state should be responsible to satisfy the basic needs of its people.

Usually the public Enterprises are established for production and marketing of fundamental goods and services in a suitable rate. The provision of services by public enterprises is a common practice in Europe and elsewhere. Usually the practice is highly significant in communist countries.

Read more: Challenges of Public Enterprises in Nepal

The deputy chief of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is visiting Nepal from July 15, according to a release issued by the Kathmandu-based Korean Embassy.

Chang See-Jeong, Vice-president of KOICA, is scheduled to attend the inaugural ceremony of the Government Integrated Data Center (GIDC) in Singha Durbar.

Read more: KOICA VP to visit Nepal

Government Integrated Data and Training Centre (GIDTC), the country's first data centre, has started functioning from Monday in a bid to store important government data and information under one roof in the future.

Established with the help of a grant assistance from South Korean government, GIDTC, which is equipped with high-end technology, will store government documents in its main server and make them accessible to the general public.

Read more: Nepal: Data centre begins work

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