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Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today formally inaugurated the rural telemedicine centre and SAARC telemedicine centre at Patan Hospital.

PM Nepal said the innovation has broken the distance barrier and increased public’s access to health facilities.

Telemedicine would help improve healthcare facilities that would help decrease healthcare burden of bigger health centres. said the prime minister.

How Covid-19 lockdown triggered a constructive change in Nepal’s e-governance system and digital financial system

In keeping with the worldwide pattern of digitalization, Nepal has made a outstanding progress within the area of knowledge and communications know-how (ICT) previously few years. Nevertheless, some reviews present that the state is lagging behind in partaking, designing or delivering modern growth options within the evolving panorama.

The Nepal Infrastructure Bank Limited (NIFRA) has reached an agreement with a US-based company, JLL, to carry out a detailed study of the market for a Smart City project in Panchkhal Municipality of Kavrepalanchok district.

The JLL has been given two months’ time for the work.

NIFRA had reached an agreement with the municipality on July 27 to develop it as a smart city. A seven-point memorandum of understanding was signed between the municipality Mayor Mahesh Kharel and NIFRA Executive Officer Ram Krishna Khatiwada for the same.

An advanced digital network and sustainable transport will change the society for the better

The second people’s movement of the 1990s brought an end to the Panchayat System paving the way for the multiparty democracy in Nepal. Around the same time, Estonia, a tiny country in Europe, gained independence from the mighty Soviet Union. In less than three decades after independence, Estonia has successfully established itself as one of the most advanced digital democracies in the world. It has built a digital society through an e-governnace system that provides public services online. Nepal, on the other hand, still remains one of the least developed countries in the world where digitisation has not yet taken pace. Now, the highly digitised Baltic democracy is making all public transportation in the country free. One should always get inspired by good examples and to that end, Nepal too could adopt the development model followed by Estonia.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the country has already moved ahead towards digital Nepal, e-governance and paperless technology.

Inaugurating the High Definition (HD) broadcasting of four channels of Nepal Television on the occasion of 34th anniversary of the state run TV station today, Prime Minister said that agriculture, industry, tourism, infrastructure development, energy, education and health sectors of Nepal would be modernised.

Over the next few weeks, the government will begin connecting 25 district hospitals, most of them located in the rugged and inaccessible Himalayas, to specialist consultants in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, using satellite technology.

The center is part of the pledge made by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the 13th SAARC Summit in Dhaka in 2005. India has invested Rs 4.8 crore in the center at the Patan Hospital in Lalitpur.

Extending the internet services simply means increasing economic opportunities

During a recent state visit to India, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli officially met with his Indian counterpart at Hyderabad House in Delhi, observed the post-earthquake reconstruction works in Bhuj, and visited the Industrial Park in Mumbai. It seems the visit was aimed to improve the bilateral ties, end power crisis, learn best practices of post earthquake reconstruction, and invite foreign investment for the seven new industrial estates that are being planned by the government. However, he should have visited the Silicon Valley style Indian entrepreneurial hubs in Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

However, students from prestigious schools and colleges do not even consider it as a career. Even people who are in government service do not recommend others to follow them. What is behind this attitude: why are the country’s best and brightest avoiding careers in government? The answer highlights the sorry state of Nepal government and explains why at present good-governance and e-Government are far-fetched ideas in this country.

The government should make strengthening national broadband the prime objective

Nepal has embarked on an economic revolution to bring progress and prosperity after a successful transformation into a federal republic. Therefore, there is a great need for information communication and technology (ICT). ICT plays a significant role in education, health, tourism, employment, finance, agriculture and environmental conservation and promotion. The federal government and the private sector are yet to institutionalise and harness the tremendous benefits including competitive advantage of digital technology in terms of sustainable growth, objectivity and improved governance, and responsive service delivery.