The country has been producing more than 3,000 ICT graduates every year, he said in a programme organised by Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) here in the capital today. “It is the responsibility of the government and private sector to provide employment opportunities to these graduates.”
The purpose of WCIT-12 is to review a global treaty of the
International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs), said director at Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) Ananda Raj Khanal in a programme organised by Internet Society Nepal Chapter.
The ID also called smart card is being distributed with an objective of providing unique ID numbers for identity of each person by including details of each Nepali citizen in the national databank.
The government has expedited preparations with an objective of distributing electronic ID by the end of the FY from any one constituency of the country having internet services. It has presented the framework for distribution of ID with thumb print to 100,000 citizens as a pilot project with aid from the Asian Development Bank at the Council of Ministers for approval. The National ID Management Centre will distribute ID within the next five years in three phases, centre’s executive director Narendra Dahal said.
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The service was resumed after equipment was installed at the district hospital by the government. Although equipment of hundreds of thousands of rupees has been used, the hospital has started services with the ADSL internet service of Nepal Telecom.