KATHMANDU, June 23: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Rekha Sharma shared that the government was considering adding a separate service- 'Information Technology Service' to the civil service.

"The new move reflects the government's vision to move forward with a new vision and thinking while leveraging the development and expansion of the information technology for the economic prosperity and convenience of the public in availing the public services," Minister Sharma added.

In the Digital Nepal Conclave-2023 organized by ICT Foundation Nepal and Huawei on Friday, Minister Sharma explained that the government understood the difficulties in the performances of the civil employees as well as the government in delivering public services due to the lack of diversification in the services. "Hence the new IT Service."

Addressing the two-day event where ICT experts from South Korea, Japan, Singapore, India and Bangladesh among others are participating, the Communication and Information Technology Minister said the new IT service was going to be added in the new Civil Service Bill, being revised at present. 

Furthermore, she shared that the government was mulling over adopting a 'hybrid model' in partnership with the private sector to further streamline the service delivery of public offices and those recruited through the 'hybrid model' would be provided with additional facilities so as to make government's service delivery more result-oriented and public-centric.

Minister Sharma also pledged to consider necessary amendments to the concept of 'Digital Nepal' envisioned by the government and implement it effectively. "The need of the hour to achieve the Digital Nepal vision is intergovernmental coordination. A special project has been determined for that and has made a headway towards this."

Increasing digital literacy, according to her, was another top agenda of the government and the government was making coordinated efforts to expand more investment, search for opportunities and for research in this sector.

Moreover, the minister said that preparations have been accelerated in regard to formulation of new policy and laws for cyber security. She spoke of the need for Nepal to reap benefits from neighboring countries India and China who, she added, had made remarkable strides in the IT sector.

"We could emulate good things from others by keeping up with the world and understanding our need of the hour."

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