MoIT Seeks Rs. 9815 Mln For 15 New Proposed Projects During Next Year

Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoIT) has prepared 15 new projects and sought allocation of Rs9814.394 under Public Sector Development Programme for next fiscal year

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Apr, 2019 ) :Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoIT) has prepared 15 new projects and sought allocation of Rs9814.394 under Public Sector Development Programme for next fiscal year.

The basic objectives of the projects including enhancing IT exports, e-women (women empowerment), digital service unit, expansion of broadband services etc are to facilitate the people, especially the remote areas of the country.

Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications, chaired by Senator Rubina Khalid, was informed on Tuesday that the MoIT in collaboration with Capital Development Authority (CDA) would establish Digital Locker which would be a secure portal for storing, sharing and signing documents digitally.

The representatives of MoIT informed the parliamentary Body that other purpose of the portal would be to facilitate government agencies and citizens with document tracking, archiving and information retrieval.

It would promote culture of open system for government so all relevant services and applications can be integrated.

The works with existing documents, forms and tools, allowing approvals and agreements would be completed digitally.

The meeting was also attended by Senators including Dr Ghous Muhammad Khan Niazi, Sana Jamali, Rukhsana Zubairi, Fida Muhammad, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidari, Mian Muhammad Attique Shaikh, Kalsoom Parveen and representatives of MoIT, Universal Service Fund (USF), Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) who briefed the Committee about proposed development projects for next fiscal year under PSDP.

Member Telecom, Muhammad Mudassar informed that allocation of Rs. 16,476 million have been requested for total 23 projects for next year, of which 08 projects are on-going and 15 new development projects.

Chief Executive Officer of USF informed that since its inception, USF has identified 11,594 unserved mauzas under broadband for sustainable development programme for which 29 contracts have been awarded to various telecom operators. Of the total, 19 were signed during last five years and more than 7200 mauzas have been provided USF services so far.

A representative of Special Commutation Organization (SCO) informed the Committee that mobile broadband (3g and 4g) services have been launched in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) while these have been partially introduced in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).

The SCO also plans to establish a technical traininginstitute in GB to provide technical education, particularlyto youth of the region.