Resident Representative of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Kim Bok-hee, and Executive Director of National Information Technology Centre Subarna Shakya, signed a record of discussions on the GIDTC project on Thursday.
A reliable source said that the government is soon introducing a new provision, under which ISPs planning to cater service to the rural areas and VSAT service users, namely for educational and health sectors, will not have to deposit more than Rs 100 as license fee to operate or use the service.
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Utilising communications technology to promote more effective democratic politics is an entirely new concept. But the more recent potential of the Internet to place greater power in the hands of individual citizen vis-�-vis their political representatives, institutions of entrenched interest and even the policy decisions of global corporations has led some to suggest that e-democracy offers the prospect of an entirely new democratic paradigm.
They want to replicate in Nepal the rapid economic growth, administrative efficiency and increasing opportunities achieved by some developing nations through ICT.