Kathmandu, May 2: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has pledged to provision the setup of an innovation fund in the upcoming fiscal year's policy, programme and budget for the expansion of the information technology sector.
In his address to a programme
organized on the occasion of the 7th National ICT Day here today, PM Prachanda informed that groundwork was being done for the formulation of necessary laws
for the establishment of the innovation fund.
"The government believes that
economic and social transformation can be achieved only through the
development, expansion and use of communications and information
technology," he said, adding, the young scientists will be encouraged to
earn income through information technology at their own capacity and
access.
He made it clear that the
government was seriously working to integrate and effectively implement the
'Startup Programme' focusing on the youth.
Prosperity could be achieved
through development, good governance and employment only by accepting
information technology as the 'leading factor', the Prime Minister said while
appealing to all concerned for rapid development in the field of communications
and information technology for economic and social transformation of the common
people through it.
"The government is committed
to making necessary policy and legal arrangements to ensure the development,
expansion and safe use of information technology," he noted.
PM Prachanda said the incidents related
to cybercrime, which were on the rise lately would be controlled through legal
and policy measures.