The document provides an analysis of Bangladesh's budget for fiscal year 2017-18, with a focus on the "Digital Bangladesh" sector. It summarizes the government's vision and strategies to transform Bangladesh into a digital society through expanding ICT infrastructure and developing human resources. Key points include:
- Total budget for FY 2017-18 was Tk 2,00,466 crore with a deficit of Tk 1,12,275 crore. ICT division allocation doubled to Tk 3,974 crore from the previous year.
- "Digital Bangladesh" aims to ensure an ICT-driven knowledge society by 2021 through digital government, connecting citizens, human resource development, and promoting ICT business.
- The 6
Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance is a project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology. The project has been launched in January 2013 aiming to develop a vibrant and healthy Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology-Enabled Services industry in five years by identifying the strategies, programs and investment needed for the country to leverage ICT for economic growth and competitiveness.
Digital continues to be the watchword of education. From setting up a digital university to launching the Digital DESH e-portal, the second paperless budget has given a lot of importance to the digital initiative in education. Did Union Budget 2022 meet the expectations of the education sector? Let us have a quick look at the education experts’ reactions and find out the answer for that.
WSIS+10 Country Reporting - Bangladesh (People's Republic of)Dr Lendy Spires
The document provides an overview of telecommunications and ICT developments in Bangladesh from 2014. It discusses the country's population and policies promoting digital development, including the "Digital Bangladesh by 2021" vision. Key facts are presented on connectivity indicators like internet and mobile subscribers. The institutional framework includes the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. Recent developments discussed include the expansion of 3G services, new international connectivity, gateway licenses issued, and nationwide fiber optic networks. The report aims to represent Bangladesh's progress on telecommunications and ICTs.
The budgetary allocation this year emphasises on the needs of skilling, reskilling and upskilling citizens. Considering the situation of the last couple of years which greatly impacted the job pool and led to declining job opportunities leaving the employable workforce jobless, this years' union budget focused on creating 60 lakhs jobs.
Three Pillars to Sustainable Growth and Development in India - Pillar IIKyna Tsai
Digital India is a campaign by the Indian government to transform the country into a digitally empowered society. It has three core components: creation of digital infrastructure, delivery of services digitally, and increasing digital literacy. The campaign aims to boost India's GDP by $1 trillion through nine pillars including expanding broadband access, increasing mobile connectivity, developing e-governance services, and promoting electronics manufacturing. It is expected to have significant economic, social, and environmental impacts such as doubling employment in the IT sector, improving financial inclusion and healthcare access, and reducing carbon emissions through technologies like cloud computing.
Casey Botticello Articles Published by Embassy of BangladeshCasey Botticello
Attached are two articles I wrote that were published by the Embassy of Bangladesh.
The first article is "Technology Sector Makes Unprecedented Progress." The article discusses Bangladesh’s Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) sector and how it is producing unprecedented economic growth and opportunity.
The second article is "A Thriving Power Sector." The article discusses Bangladesh's emergence as a model for energy independence through its energy diversification strategy.
This document is the Budget Speech for 2022-2023 presented by the Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman. Some key points:
1. The Indian economy is estimated to grow by 9.2% in the current year, the highest among major economies.
2. The budget seeks to lay the foundation for India's development over the next 25 years, from India at 75 to India at 100, focusing on infrastructure development, productivity enhancement, energy transition, climate action, and financing investments.
3. PM GatiShakti will be expanded to drive economic growth through seven engines - roads, railways, airports, ports, mass transport, waterways, and logistics infrastructure supported
The document discusses India's economic outlook for fiscal year 2016. Key points include:
1) India aims to achieve GDP growth of 8.1-8.5%, a fiscal deficit of 3.6% of GDP, inflation of 5-5.5%, and a current account deficit of 1% of GDP.
2) For sustained growth, the government must focus on managing macroeconomic recovery, containing the fiscal deficit, attracting long-term investment, developing infrastructure, building skills, and digital governance.
3) Key sectors discussed are automotive, banking, chemicals, consumer goods, energy, healthcare, IT, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, retail, skills/education, and telecommunications.
Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance is a project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology. The project has been launched in January 2013 aiming to develop a vibrant and healthy Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology-Enabled Services industry in five years by identifying the strategies, programs and investment needed for the country to leverage ICT for economic growth and competitiveness.
Digital continues to be the watchword of education. From setting up a digital university to launching the Digital DESH e-portal, the second paperless budget has given a lot of importance to the digital initiative in education. Did Union Budget 2022 meet the expectations of the education sector? Let us have a quick look at the education experts’ reactions and find out the answer for that.
WSIS+10 Country Reporting - Bangladesh (People's Republic of)Dr Lendy Spires
The document provides an overview of telecommunications and ICT developments in Bangladesh from 2014. It discusses the country's population and policies promoting digital development, including the "Digital Bangladesh by 2021" vision. Key facts are presented on connectivity indicators like internet and mobile subscribers. The institutional framework includes the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. Recent developments discussed include the expansion of 3G services, new international connectivity, gateway licenses issued, and nationwide fiber optic networks. The report aims to represent Bangladesh's progress on telecommunications and ICTs.
The budgetary allocation this year emphasises on the needs of skilling, reskilling and upskilling citizens. Considering the situation of the last couple of years which greatly impacted the job pool and led to declining job opportunities leaving the employable workforce jobless, this years' union budget focused on creating 60 lakhs jobs.
Three Pillars to Sustainable Growth and Development in India - Pillar IIKyna Tsai
Digital India is a campaign by the Indian government to transform the country into a digitally empowered society. It has three core components: creation of digital infrastructure, delivery of services digitally, and increasing digital literacy. The campaign aims to boost India's GDP by $1 trillion through nine pillars including expanding broadband access, increasing mobile connectivity, developing e-governance services, and promoting electronics manufacturing. It is expected to have significant economic, social, and environmental impacts such as doubling employment in the IT sector, improving financial inclusion and healthcare access, and reducing carbon emissions through technologies like cloud computing.
Casey Botticello Articles Published by Embassy of BangladeshCasey Botticello
Attached are two articles I wrote that were published by the Embassy of Bangladesh.
The first article is "Technology Sector Makes Unprecedented Progress." The article discusses Bangladesh’s Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) sector and how it is producing unprecedented economic growth and opportunity.
The second article is "A Thriving Power Sector." The article discusses Bangladesh's emergence as a model for energy independence through its energy diversification strategy.
This document is the Budget Speech for 2022-2023 presented by the Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman. Some key points:
1. The Indian economy is estimated to grow by 9.2% in the current year, the highest among major economies.
2. The budget seeks to lay the foundation for India's development over the next 25 years, from India at 75 to India at 100, focusing on infrastructure development, productivity enhancement, energy transition, climate action, and financing investments.
3. PM GatiShakti will be expanded to drive economic growth through seven engines - roads, railways, airports, ports, mass transport, waterways, and logistics infrastructure supported
The document discusses India's economic outlook for fiscal year 2016. Key points include:
1) India aims to achieve GDP growth of 8.1-8.5%, a fiscal deficit of 3.6% of GDP, inflation of 5-5.5%, and a current account deficit of 1% of GDP.
2) For sustained growth, the government must focus on managing macroeconomic recovery, containing the fiscal deficit, attracting long-term investment, developing infrastructure, building skills, and digital governance.
3) Key sectors discussed are automotive, banking, chemicals, consumer goods, energy, healthcare, IT, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, retail, skills/education, and telecommunications.
Executive summary of electronic policy 2011 wwBakul Haria
The document provides an executive summary of the Department of Information Technology's plans for the 12th Five Year Plan. It outlines seven key thrust areas: e-Government, e-Learning, e-Security, e-Industry (Electronics Hardware), e-Industry (IT-ITeS), e-Innovation/R&D, and e-Inclusion. Under each thrust area, it describes the department's vision and key initiatives to achieve goals like expanding e-governance programs, increasing access to education through e-learning, enhancing cyber security, and promoting inclusive growth through digital access and skills development.
The document outlines the IT Policy for the state of Gujarat from 2014-2019. Some key points:
- It aims to leverage IT to drive socio-economic development and bridge the digital divide.
- Objectives include increasing investment in the IT/ITeS sector 5-fold, increasing turnover to USD 15 billion, exports to USD 1 billion, and providing direct employment to 1 million people.
- It provides various incentives for new and existing IT units like land assistance, registration/stamp duty concessions, employment grants, electricity duty exemptions, and support for MSME IT units including interest subsidies and skill enhancement programs.
Development of internet technology in BangladeshMasum Hussain
Bangladesh is a developing country of South Asia with a huge population of 160 million living within a small geographical boundary of 1,47,570 square kilometers. Bangladesh is popularly known as one of the most densely populated countries of the world where the density rate is 1015 per sq. km. So it's a great challenge for the Bangladesh government to feed up the increasing population as the cultivable lands are decreasing day by day. Moreover providing cloths, accommodation facilities, giving education and health care facilities to the people which are the primary duties of the government are also becoming difficult for the increasing population. Apart from these being a developing country the government can't also affords to set up new industries and create employment opportunities for the people. So it's very difficult for the country to compete with the rising economic powers in the global arena with the burden of this population. But it's a matter of concern that there is no chance of decreasing these problems in upcoming days rather these are turning into a devastating shape. Proper and planned utilization of internet technology can be a nice solution in this regard. Somebody may be surprised to hear this. They may argue that how it's possible to change the overall scenario of the country through using internet technology. Rather they may show the logic against this theory and say that use of technology will accelerate unemployment problems of the country, high cost is involved to use this and expert knowledge is required to avail this facility of modern science. But the reality doesn't match with their imagination. Here I'll try my level best to prove the fact that use of internet technology can be a great medium for the sustainable development of the country through logical explanation from different points of view.
This document provides information about a study conducted by the Bangladesh Tariff Commission on the problems and prospects of IT and IT-enabled services outsourcing in Bangladesh. It includes the cover design and format layout, preparation and publishing details, table of contents, message from the Chairman of Bangladesh Tariff Commission, foreword by the study coordinator, preface by the principal researcher, acknowledgements and abbreviations. The document outlines the objectives, methodology and limitations of the study and reviews literature on outsourcing trends globally and in Bangladesh. It also describes the institutional, regulatory and policy framework for IT and outlines the study's findings on the current status and trends in Bangladesh's IT and ITES industry and sectors.
Black Book Project Report on Digital IndiaRabina Yesmin
This is a BLACK BOOK PROJECT REPORT. This BLACK BOOK PROJECT is having all the required & desirable elements, qualities & characteristics, as good as it is possible to be as per University of Mumbai. Please do not copy the Project. This project will help you to accomplished your black book project report effectively. Thank you !
Summary:
This Project report will give you a glance to see where India will going to stand after 5-10 years as digitally. The objective of research of the Digital India project is to come out with knowledge of innovative ideas and practical solutions to realize Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a digital India. Prime Minister Modi envisions transforming our nation and creating opportunities for all citizens by harnessing digital technologies
To know about the making technology central to enabling change. We can see the changing and developing technology of India in a digital way.
As digital India is being an Umbrella Programme, that is covering many departments.The programme weaves together a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single, comprehensive vision, so that each of them is seen as part of a larger goal. Each individual element stands on its own, but is also part of the larger picture.
The document outlines Pakistan's PTI Digital Policy 2018. It notes that past governments failed to develop a long-term strategy for Pakistan's digital economy, while other countries used IT to strengthen their economies. The PTI policy aims to transform Pakistan into a knowledge economy by enabling 1 million high-paying IT jobs and boosting IT exports. Key areas of focus include e-government, human capital development, exports/market access, infrastructure, innovation, and business-friendly policies. A major National Digital Transformation Initiative will be launched, including establishing a Knowledge Economy Authority to oversee digital governance initiatives and coordination across government.
This document outlines Gujarat's new IT/ITeS policy for 2016-2021. The key objectives of the policy are to increase investment in the IT/ITeS sector by 10 times, increase sector turnover to USD 15 billion, increase IT exports to USD 2 billion, and provide direct employment to 10 lakh persons. The policy provides various incentives for eligible IT/ITeS units and parks developing in Gujarat, including capital subsidies, reimbursement of stamp duty and registration fees, lease rental subsidies, interest subsidies on loans for MSMEs, and reimbursement of net VAT/GST paid.
This document summarizes the concept of smart cities and their development globally and in Thailand. It defines a smart city as one that integrates digital technology across key functions to improve efficiency. Global urbanization is increasing demand for smart cities, with over half the world's population now urban. The smart city market is predicted to reach $1 trillion in 2019. In ASEAN, Singapore often tops rankings as the smartest city due to its extensive tech infrastructure. Thailand is developing smart cities and industrial estates through the BOI's new incentives, aiming to meet standards across living, mobility, energy and other areas to qualify for tax benefits and attract investment.
Digital India, Skill India, Make in India and Startup IndiaPawan Singh
The document discusses the Digital India program which aims to transform India into a digitally empowered society. It has three key vision areas: digital infrastructure as a utility, governance and services on demand, and digital empowerment of citizens. Nine major projects were launched including Bharat Net, Digital Locker, e-Kranti etc. The program is overseen by committees headed by the Prime Minister, Cabinet Secretary and Minister of Communications and IT. The goals of the program are to provide internet access, digital identity and services to citizens and promote digital literacy.
India has emerged as the fastest growing major economy and is expected to be one of the top three economic powers over the next 10-15 years. India's GDP growth rate was estimated at 12% in 2019-2020. The government has implemented several initiatives like Make in India and Digital India to boost manufacturing and increase foreign investment. Recent government efforts aim to improve rural development, healthcare, and infrastructure to continue advancing the Indian economy.
The document discusses India's goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25. It outlines the economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a 23.9% contraction in GDP in the first quarter of 2020. However, the government has announced stimulus packages and reforms to boost economic growth. Foreign investment in India has also increased, supported by the country's large consumer market and growing digital economy. Realizing the $5 trillion target will require sustained high growth rates and increased investment.
Economic impact of the video services industry in India(2019)Social Samosa
Deloitte India in collaboration with FICCI has released a report today on the Economic Impact of the film, television, and online video services industry in India, 2019.
The document outlines Thailand's Digital Economy and Society Development Plan developed by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology. The plan aims to leverage digital technology to drive economic and social development in Thailand over the next 20 years. It identifies six key strategies: 1) building digital infrastructure, 2) boosting the economy with technology, 3) transforming government operations, 4) developing the workforce, 5) creating an equitable digital society, and 6) building trust in technology. The overall goals are for Thailand to become a global digital leader and for digital technologies to benefit all sectors of society and the economy.
IRJET - Social & Skill Development in IndiaIRJET Journal
The document discusses India's goal of developing skills training programs to meet the needs of its large workforce. It notes that India aims to have 500 million skilled workers by 2025 as it aspires to become an economic superpower. Several national programs and policies have been launched to help achieve this, such as the National Skill Development Policy, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana skills training program, and initiatives to improve the Industrial Training Institute system. The government is working to enhance skills training, promote entrepreneurship, and better align training with the needs of growing industries to help develop the workforce and economy.
The IT industry in Bangladesh faces several challenges but also shows promising growth. Some key problems include high bandwidth prices, lack of strong domestic hardware companies, and electricity issues. However, IT now contributes significantly to foreign currency earnings and the government is taking steps like "Digital Bangladesh" to develop the sector. While problems remain, reports and statistics indicate Bangladesh's IT industry is growing rapidly and could become a global leader if current trends continue.
The document discusses Bangladesh's progress towards realizing the vision of "Digital Bangladesh" over the past decade under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's leadership. Key points include:
- ICT has played an integral role in Bangladesh's digital transformation, with important strides made in utilizing technology to improve citizen-centric services.
- Bangladesh has seen major advances in the telecommunications sector, with over 100 million mobile users. The government has leveraged this through initiatives like m-governance.
- A range of e-services have been implemented, such as online university admissions, exam results by SMS, mobile health services, and m-ticketing for transportation.
- Projects have digitalized the education sector through
This document contains a presentation by the group "Acme" for the Department of Management Studies at the University of Barisal about the roles of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) in Digital Bangladesh. The presentation discusses the goals of Digital Bangladesh, which include using technology to build skills, provide education and government services, and support various sectors like business, agriculture, healthcare, and utilities. It outlines several specific ICT initiatives in areas like education, online services, mobile apps, and more. It concludes by recommending continued ICT training, infrastructure development, and awareness building to help achieve the vision of Digital Bangladesh by 2021.
Bd ict research_desk_study_report_presentation_7Fokhruz Zaman
This document summarizes several research reports on Bangladesh's information and communication technology (ICT) industry. It analyzed reports in the following categories: overall ICT industry, software industry, IT-enabled services, human capital development/human resource development, ICT adoption, and telecommunications infrastructure. For each category, it provided brief overviews and comments on 2-3 representative reports, noting their findings and methodology. The goal of the desk study was to collect and analyze existing ICT research reports in order to inform the terms of reference for a future comprehensive study on Bangladesh's ICT industry.
The document is a survey report that investigates student awareness, interests, and aspirations regarding general and vocational education in India. Some key findings from the survey include:
1) The majority (72.5%) of students surveyed do not want to pursue the same profession as their parents, reflecting changing aspirations and the limits of intergenerational knowledge transfer.
2) 68.5% of students aspire to study full-time after school, though currently only about 18% of Indian youth are enrolled in higher education.
3) Contrary to expectations, students with higher academic performance were less likely to want to study full-time, with only 57% of top-scoring students interested versus 70-80
Bangladesh has experienced steady economic growth over the past decades but still faces development challenges with around 50 million people living in poverty. The government aims to accelerate growth and ensure social inclusion through its Vision 2021 plan and 6th Five Year Plan, which emphasize using ICT to improve productivity, governance, and public services. Bangladesh has made progress developing its ICT sector, especially telecommunications, but its IT industry remains small and e-readiness lags global averages. The government is promoting its "Digital Bangladesh" program and has established an ICT ministry to develop policies and infrastructure to leverage ICT for growth, achieve development goals, and connect citizens.
Digital bangladesh and application of MIS in ITRafid Anjum
This is about the application of Management Information system on Information Technology to make the 7th Five Year Plan successful and achieve the vision 21 appropriately. Which is set through the Digital Bangladesh by 2021 challenge.
The Information and Communications Technology
(ICT) sector of Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing sectors of its economy. In
today’s world, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is considered as
the most effective constituent for the development of a nation. ICT has been
declared as the thrust sector by the Government. For the development of
Information & Communication Technology in the country, the Government
formed a committee for formulating a national policy. A comprehensive ICT
policy has been formulated and a National ICT Task Force headed by Prime
Minister has been formed.
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
All e-technologies used in creating, storing, processing, communicating and
disseminating information of all kinds.
ICT refers to technologies that provide access to information
through telecommunications.
[Ref. https://techterms.com/definition/ict]
Information and communications technology (ICT) refers to all the technology
used to handle telecommunications, broadcast media, intelligent building
management systems, audiovisual processing and transmission systems, and
network-based control and monitoring functions.
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy
ICT Policy is a road map of actions adopted and pursued by various governments
involving issues in ICT
A National ICT Policy is a policy put into place by governments’ and stakeholders’
who are committed to the process of bringing digital technology to all individuals
and communities so that they can have access to information ( ★★For making this content author used various online resources, it is share here only for those who want to know something about it. This content is not the author's primary/ own creating property. )
Executive summary of electronic policy 2011 wwBakul Haria
The document provides an executive summary of the Department of Information Technology's plans for the 12th Five Year Plan. It outlines seven key thrust areas: e-Government, e-Learning, e-Security, e-Industry (Electronics Hardware), e-Industry (IT-ITeS), e-Innovation/R&D, and e-Inclusion. Under each thrust area, it describes the department's vision and key initiatives to achieve goals like expanding e-governance programs, increasing access to education through e-learning, enhancing cyber security, and promoting inclusive growth through digital access and skills development.
The document outlines the IT Policy for the state of Gujarat from 2014-2019. Some key points:
- It aims to leverage IT to drive socio-economic development and bridge the digital divide.
- Objectives include increasing investment in the IT/ITeS sector 5-fold, increasing turnover to USD 15 billion, exports to USD 1 billion, and providing direct employment to 1 million people.
- It provides various incentives for new and existing IT units like land assistance, registration/stamp duty concessions, employment grants, electricity duty exemptions, and support for MSME IT units including interest subsidies and skill enhancement programs.
Development of internet technology in BangladeshMasum Hussain
Bangladesh is a developing country of South Asia with a huge population of 160 million living within a small geographical boundary of 1,47,570 square kilometers. Bangladesh is popularly known as one of the most densely populated countries of the world where the density rate is 1015 per sq. km. So it's a great challenge for the Bangladesh government to feed up the increasing population as the cultivable lands are decreasing day by day. Moreover providing cloths, accommodation facilities, giving education and health care facilities to the people which are the primary duties of the government are also becoming difficult for the increasing population. Apart from these being a developing country the government can't also affords to set up new industries and create employment opportunities for the people. So it's very difficult for the country to compete with the rising economic powers in the global arena with the burden of this population. But it's a matter of concern that there is no chance of decreasing these problems in upcoming days rather these are turning into a devastating shape. Proper and planned utilization of internet technology can be a nice solution in this regard. Somebody may be surprised to hear this. They may argue that how it's possible to change the overall scenario of the country through using internet technology. Rather they may show the logic against this theory and say that use of technology will accelerate unemployment problems of the country, high cost is involved to use this and expert knowledge is required to avail this facility of modern science. But the reality doesn't match with their imagination. Here I'll try my level best to prove the fact that use of internet technology can be a great medium for the sustainable development of the country through logical explanation from different points of view.
This document provides information about a study conducted by the Bangladesh Tariff Commission on the problems and prospects of IT and IT-enabled services outsourcing in Bangladesh. It includes the cover design and format layout, preparation and publishing details, table of contents, message from the Chairman of Bangladesh Tariff Commission, foreword by the study coordinator, preface by the principal researcher, acknowledgements and abbreviations. The document outlines the objectives, methodology and limitations of the study and reviews literature on outsourcing trends globally and in Bangladesh. It also describes the institutional, regulatory and policy framework for IT and outlines the study's findings on the current status and trends in Bangladesh's IT and ITES industry and sectors.
Black Book Project Report on Digital IndiaRabina Yesmin
This is a BLACK BOOK PROJECT REPORT. This BLACK BOOK PROJECT is having all the required & desirable elements, qualities & characteristics, as good as it is possible to be as per University of Mumbai. Please do not copy the Project. This project will help you to accomplished your black book project report effectively. Thank you !
Summary:
This Project report will give you a glance to see where India will going to stand after 5-10 years as digitally. The objective of research of the Digital India project is to come out with knowledge of innovative ideas and practical solutions to realize Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a digital India. Prime Minister Modi envisions transforming our nation and creating opportunities for all citizens by harnessing digital technologies
To know about the making technology central to enabling change. We can see the changing and developing technology of India in a digital way.
As digital India is being an Umbrella Programme, that is covering many departments.The programme weaves together a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single, comprehensive vision, so that each of them is seen as part of a larger goal. Each individual element stands on its own, but is also part of the larger picture.
The document outlines Pakistan's PTI Digital Policy 2018. It notes that past governments failed to develop a long-term strategy for Pakistan's digital economy, while other countries used IT to strengthen their economies. The PTI policy aims to transform Pakistan into a knowledge economy by enabling 1 million high-paying IT jobs and boosting IT exports. Key areas of focus include e-government, human capital development, exports/market access, infrastructure, innovation, and business-friendly policies. A major National Digital Transformation Initiative will be launched, including establishing a Knowledge Economy Authority to oversee digital governance initiatives and coordination across government.
This document outlines Gujarat's new IT/ITeS policy for 2016-2021. The key objectives of the policy are to increase investment in the IT/ITeS sector by 10 times, increase sector turnover to USD 15 billion, increase IT exports to USD 2 billion, and provide direct employment to 10 lakh persons. The policy provides various incentives for eligible IT/ITeS units and parks developing in Gujarat, including capital subsidies, reimbursement of stamp duty and registration fees, lease rental subsidies, interest subsidies on loans for MSMEs, and reimbursement of net VAT/GST paid.
This document summarizes the concept of smart cities and their development globally and in Thailand. It defines a smart city as one that integrates digital technology across key functions to improve efficiency. Global urbanization is increasing demand for smart cities, with over half the world's population now urban. The smart city market is predicted to reach $1 trillion in 2019. In ASEAN, Singapore often tops rankings as the smartest city due to its extensive tech infrastructure. Thailand is developing smart cities and industrial estates through the BOI's new incentives, aiming to meet standards across living, mobility, energy and other areas to qualify for tax benefits and attract investment.
Digital India, Skill India, Make in India and Startup IndiaPawan Singh
The document discusses the Digital India program which aims to transform India into a digitally empowered society. It has three key vision areas: digital infrastructure as a utility, governance and services on demand, and digital empowerment of citizens. Nine major projects were launched including Bharat Net, Digital Locker, e-Kranti etc. The program is overseen by committees headed by the Prime Minister, Cabinet Secretary and Minister of Communications and IT. The goals of the program are to provide internet access, digital identity and services to citizens and promote digital literacy.
India has emerged as the fastest growing major economy and is expected to be one of the top three economic powers over the next 10-15 years. India's GDP growth rate was estimated at 12% in 2019-2020. The government has implemented several initiatives like Make in India and Digital India to boost manufacturing and increase foreign investment. Recent government efforts aim to improve rural development, healthcare, and infrastructure to continue advancing the Indian economy.
The document discusses India's goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25. It outlines the economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a 23.9% contraction in GDP in the first quarter of 2020. However, the government has announced stimulus packages and reforms to boost economic growth. Foreign investment in India has also increased, supported by the country's large consumer market and growing digital economy. Realizing the $5 trillion target will require sustained high growth rates and increased investment.
Economic impact of the video services industry in India(2019)Social Samosa
Deloitte India in collaboration with FICCI has released a report today on the Economic Impact of the film, television, and online video services industry in India, 2019.
The document outlines Thailand's Digital Economy and Society Development Plan developed by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology. The plan aims to leverage digital technology to drive economic and social development in Thailand over the next 20 years. It identifies six key strategies: 1) building digital infrastructure, 2) boosting the economy with technology, 3) transforming government operations, 4) developing the workforce, 5) creating an equitable digital society, and 6) building trust in technology. The overall goals are for Thailand to become a global digital leader and for digital technologies to benefit all sectors of society and the economy.
IRJET - Social & Skill Development in IndiaIRJET Journal
The document discusses India's goal of developing skills training programs to meet the needs of its large workforce. It notes that India aims to have 500 million skilled workers by 2025 as it aspires to become an economic superpower. Several national programs and policies have been launched to help achieve this, such as the National Skill Development Policy, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana skills training program, and initiatives to improve the Industrial Training Institute system. The government is working to enhance skills training, promote entrepreneurship, and better align training with the needs of growing industries to help develop the workforce and economy.
The IT industry in Bangladesh faces several challenges but also shows promising growth. Some key problems include high bandwidth prices, lack of strong domestic hardware companies, and electricity issues. However, IT now contributes significantly to foreign currency earnings and the government is taking steps like "Digital Bangladesh" to develop the sector. While problems remain, reports and statistics indicate Bangladesh's IT industry is growing rapidly and could become a global leader if current trends continue.
The document discusses Bangladesh's progress towards realizing the vision of "Digital Bangladesh" over the past decade under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's leadership. Key points include:
- ICT has played an integral role in Bangladesh's digital transformation, with important strides made in utilizing technology to improve citizen-centric services.
- Bangladesh has seen major advances in the telecommunications sector, with over 100 million mobile users. The government has leveraged this through initiatives like m-governance.
- A range of e-services have been implemented, such as online university admissions, exam results by SMS, mobile health services, and m-ticketing for transportation.
- Projects have digitalized the education sector through
This document contains a presentation by the group "Acme" for the Department of Management Studies at the University of Barisal about the roles of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) in Digital Bangladesh. The presentation discusses the goals of Digital Bangladesh, which include using technology to build skills, provide education and government services, and support various sectors like business, agriculture, healthcare, and utilities. It outlines several specific ICT initiatives in areas like education, online services, mobile apps, and more. It concludes by recommending continued ICT training, infrastructure development, and awareness building to help achieve the vision of Digital Bangladesh by 2021.
Bd ict research_desk_study_report_presentation_7Fokhruz Zaman
This document summarizes several research reports on Bangladesh's information and communication technology (ICT) industry. It analyzed reports in the following categories: overall ICT industry, software industry, IT-enabled services, human capital development/human resource development, ICT adoption, and telecommunications infrastructure. For each category, it provided brief overviews and comments on 2-3 representative reports, noting their findings and methodology. The goal of the desk study was to collect and analyze existing ICT research reports in order to inform the terms of reference for a future comprehensive study on Bangladesh's ICT industry.
The document is a survey report that investigates student awareness, interests, and aspirations regarding general and vocational education in India. Some key findings from the survey include:
1) The majority (72.5%) of students surveyed do not want to pursue the same profession as their parents, reflecting changing aspirations and the limits of intergenerational knowledge transfer.
2) 68.5% of students aspire to study full-time after school, though currently only about 18% of Indian youth are enrolled in higher education.
3) Contrary to expectations, students with higher academic performance were less likely to want to study full-time, with only 57% of top-scoring students interested versus 70-80
Bangladesh has experienced steady economic growth over the past decades but still faces development challenges with around 50 million people living in poverty. The government aims to accelerate growth and ensure social inclusion through its Vision 2021 plan and 6th Five Year Plan, which emphasize using ICT to improve productivity, governance, and public services. Bangladesh has made progress developing its ICT sector, especially telecommunications, but its IT industry remains small and e-readiness lags global averages. The government is promoting its "Digital Bangladesh" program and has established an ICT ministry to develop policies and infrastructure to leverage ICT for growth, achieve development goals, and connect citizens.
Digital bangladesh and application of MIS in ITRafid Anjum
This is about the application of Management Information system on Information Technology to make the 7th Five Year Plan successful and achieve the vision 21 appropriately. Which is set through the Digital Bangladesh by 2021 challenge.
The Information and Communications Technology
(ICT) sector of Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing sectors of its economy. In
today’s world, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is considered as
the most effective constituent for the development of a nation. ICT has been
declared as the thrust sector by the Government. For the development of
Information & Communication Technology in the country, the Government
formed a committee for formulating a national policy. A comprehensive ICT
policy has been formulated and a National ICT Task Force headed by Prime
Minister has been formed.
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
All e-technologies used in creating, storing, processing, communicating and
disseminating information of all kinds.
ICT refers to technologies that provide access to information
through telecommunications.
[Ref. https://techterms.com/definition/ict]
Information and communications technology (ICT) refers to all the technology
used to handle telecommunications, broadcast media, intelligent building
management systems, audiovisual processing and transmission systems, and
network-based control and monitoring functions.
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy
ICT Policy is a road map of actions adopted and pursued by various governments
involving issues in ICT
A National ICT Policy is a policy put into place by governments’ and stakeholders’
who are committed to the process of bringing digital technology to all individuals
and communities so that they can have access to information ( ★★For making this content author used various online resources, it is share here only for those who want to know something about it. This content is not the author's primary/ own creating property. )
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1. 1 Analysisof the Budget FY2017-18
Dhaka School of Economics
Analysis of the Budget
FY 2017-18
Digital Bangladesh Sector
Submitted to
Dr. AKM Nazrul Islam
Associate Professor
Dhaka School of Economics
Submitted by
Nahin Mahfuz Seam
Bachelor of Economics in Environmental and Resource Economics
Course: Advanced Macroeconomics
Batch:1
Roll: 09
2. 2 Analysisof the budget
Index
What is budget?
Budget data FY 2017-18
Digital BangladeshSector
Perspective Plan/Vision 2021-CharterofChange “DigitalBangladesh”
6th & 7th Five year Plan “DigitalBangladesh”
SDG Goals
A Snapshot of “DigitalBangladesh”Sector
A Comparisonof Budgets for FY2015-16, FY2016-17and FY 2017-18 in
“DigitalBangladesh” Sector
Annual DevelopmentProgram in ICT Sector
Achievements through the implementation of the Budget
Lacking's in the “DigitalBangladesh” Sector
Suggestions
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Digital Bangladesh Sector
Budget FY 2017-18
What is Budget?
Government budget is also known as the Annual Financial Statement of the
country.1
Government budget is an estimation of revenue and expenses over a specified
future period of time. It can be compiled and re-evaluated on a periodic basis.
(Investopedia)
There are 3 types of government budget:
Fig: Types of Budget
BalancedBudget: When total revenue is equal to total expenditure that’s called
balaced budget.
Deficit Budget: When total revenue is less then total expenditure that’s called
deficit budget.
Surplus Budget: When total expenditure is less then total revenue that’s called
surplus budget.
1 (Public Budgeting and Financial Management, 2013)
4. 4 Analysisof the budget
Bangladesh is a developing country. Present government make a vision to achieve
a goal.In 2008 Political Party Awami League annouced “Vision 2021” to make
Bangladesh Digital. Every year government allocate money in the Digital
Bangladesh sector. Size of the total budget is increasing day by day. In FY 2017-
18 fiscal year government announced 2,00,466 cr. Tk. Which is deficit budget and
5% of GDP. In this budget total revenue earning 1,53,331 cr. Tk and total deficit
1,12,275 cr.Tk. (Budget)
(In Cr. Tk)
In the fig. It shows the last three years total budget of Bangladesh government. In
fiscal year 2015-16 total budget was 2, 95,100 cr. Tk and deficit was 86,657 cr.Tk.
Next fiscal year 2016-17 total budget was 3, 40,605 cr. Tk and total deficit was
FY 2015-16 FY 2016-17 FY 2017-18
Total Budget 295100 340605 400266
Deficit Budget 86657 97853 112275
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97,853 cr Tk. Now current fiscal year 2017-18 total budget was 2,00,466 cr. Tk
and deficit was 1,12,275 cr. Tk. Education and Technology got highest allocation
16.40% in this year budget.
Digital Bangladesh is a major part of the government’s vision 2021. Digital
Bangladesh means a digital society which ensure an ICT driven knowledge based
society where information will be available in the online and where all possible
tasks of the government, semi-government and also private will be processed
easily by using the modern technology. (Kabir, 2009)
The vision of “Digital Bangladesh” emerged as the first ever development strategy
in the world that deliberately attempts to grip ICTs for poverty reduction and
transformation of the fate of common men and women of Bangladesh. (Strategic
Priorities of Digital Bangladesh, 2011)
The conceptof digitalization of the Bangladesh was moving around the year in
2015 with its mother platform of Access to Information (a2i) program under Prime
Minister's office in Bangladesh. (Islam, 2017)
In 2021 Bangladesh will celebrating her 50th Independence day. So present govt.
make vision 2021and “Digital Bangladesh” is a part of it. It’s an initiative for
changing people’s life style and ICT is the key driver of Digital Bangladesh.
For realization of Digital Bangladesh, a Perspective Plan has been formulated. The
6th Five Year Plan (FY2010-11-FY2014-15) and the 7th Five Year Plan (FY2015-
6. 6 Analysisof the budget
16- FY2019-20) to work out operational details of how Bangladesh should
proceed. The National ICT Policy-2009 (updated 2015) was developed with a view
to achieving the middle-income status for the nation by 2021 and the developed
country status by 2041. (Hasanuzzaman Zaman and Rokonuzzaman, 2015)
There are four elements to achieve digital Bangladesh goal.
Fig: Key elements of Digital Bangladesh
Digital Government: ‘Digital Government’, a strategic outcome of Digital
Bangladesh, aspires to leverage ICTs in all spheres of government to ensure
delivery of services to those who are the least served. (Strategic Priorities of
Digital Bangladesh, 2011)
Digital
Bangladesh
Digital
Government
ICT in
Business
Human Resource
Development
Connecting
Citizen
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Connecting Citizens: Digital Bangladesh is envisioned to benefit all so as to avoid
the perils of digital divide. Hence, finding sustainable connectivity channels to
ensure the benefits of Digital Bangladesh reach the marginalized and the
disadvantaged are the second outcome area of Digital Bangladesh vision. (Strategic
Priorities of Digital Bangladesh, 2011)
Human ResourceDevelopment:One of the key outcome of Digital Bangladesh is
to ensure the best use of new technologies to build world-class 21st century skills
in all areas of study especially mathematics, science, and English language through
use of newer and cost-effective delivery tools and digital learning contents. It also
encompasses vocational and ‘lifelong education’ opportunities to the youth and
adults in order to retool them and build newer skills to improve their productivity
commensurate with the needs of the 21st century globalized world. (Strategic
Priorities of Digital Bangladesh, 2011)
ICT in Business: The last, but not the least, outcome area with three broad
components of Digital Bangladesh are i) use of ICTs to promote access to markets
by the disadvantaged producers and SMEs, ii) promotion of ICT business through
providing services and technology needed to sustain the three other strategic
priorities of Digital Bangladesh, and iii) boosting ICT as an export oriented sector
to earn foreign currency and generate employment. M-banking and electronic
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payments as well as electronic business transactions are but a few operational
priorities in this regard. (Strategic Priorities of Digital Bangladesh, 2011)
Perspective plan (Digital Bangladesh)
Perspective planning is a blueprint regarding the objectives and targets of long run
growth. The perspective plan is not just a plan, rather to attain certain objectives
and targets; the perspective plan is divided into certain smaller plans.
(Development Plan, 2014)
Perspective Plan of Bangladesh (2010-2021) is associated with government Vision
2021. This Perspective Plan is the guideline for achieving “Digital Bangladesh”
goal.
To achieving “Digital Bangladesh” goal. Government of Bangladesh needs to
focus on Knowledge economy and Use ICT and science and technology for
national development.
There are some Constraints to ICT related activity
Lack of capacity: The teachers of universities are not sufficiently trained to
adoptcurrent changes in science and technology.
Limited access to scientific sources
Electricity and power instability
Lack of coordination among ministries
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Some Priorities to ICT related activity for achieving “DigitalBangladesh”
goal.
Development of a comprehensive master plan
Framing of a universal access policy
Developing legal and regulatory environment for ICT development
Ensuring access to Government information
Promotion of e-commerce and automation of financial sector
Establishing E-citizen services
Enabling E- participation in decision making
Developing curriculum based computer labs for education institutions
Expanding digital content in Government websites
Attracting local investment and FDI in ICT sector through PPP initiative
The above strategies are to be implemented in the short and medium term (5 years)
along with some complementary strategies to be stretched in the 10 year time
frame.2
2 Perspective Plan of Bangladesh(2010-2021),PlanningCommission of Bangladesh
10. 10 Analysisof the budget
6th
Five Year Plan & Digital Bangladesh Sector
There are some targets in the 6th Five year plan to achieve Digital Bangladesh goal.
In this five year plan government mainly focus on infrastructure development.
Targets
Expansion of infrastructure facilities for development of ICT sectorfor
transforming the country into Digital Bangladesh.
Development of ICT skills in public and private sectors for ensuring
productivity and efficiency of the economy and using ICT for good
governance.
Ensure women participation in all professional trainings.
Development of national network for establishing connectivity in all
government offices and public key infrastructure for electronic transactions.
Encouragement of IT enabled services and establishment of ICT incubator,
Software Technology Park and IT Village in suitable locations of the
country.
Bring all Upazilas and important growth centers under optical fiber network
to provide modern telecom facilities.
Extend High Speed Internet services up to rural areas through Next
Generation Network (NGN)/ WiMax Technology
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Construction of modern Data Centers at the important cities to supportIT
enabled service providers.
Provide Triple Play (Voice, Video & Data) service through a single
converged network.
Establish a modern Billing Centre for improving quality of revenue
management service. 3
DevelopmentResource Allocations forKnowledge Economyin the Sixth
Plan (crore taka; FY 2011 price):
Ministry FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Science
and ICT
170 197 211 236 254
3 6th Five Year Plan(FY2010-11 to FY 2014-15),PlanningCommission of Bangladesh
12. 12 Analysisof the budget
7th
Five Year Plan & Digital Bangladesh Sector
Targets
Promote Economic Growth
Enhance Education Quality through ICT.
Facilitate Youth Empowerment.
Enhancing the Equity Aspects of ICT.
ICT for Greater Transparency, Good Governance and Service Delivery.
Pro-citizen Civil Service.
Strengthening Judiciary.
Responsive Law Enforcement.
Supportthe development of Atomic energy.
SupportICT initiatives to expand services in the rural areas (cloud based
service, National helpline, BPO, Incubation Centre, ICT Research &
Development center )658 Development-government master plan
Supportproductinnovation & creation ecosystem
Provide physical incentives & Institutional reform to create appropriate
investment climate.
Establish Virtual University, Multimedia University4
4 7th Five Year Plan,Bangladesh PlanningCommission
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SDG goals & Digital Bangladesh Sector
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 global goals set
by the United Nations. The broad goals are interrelated though each has its own
targets to achieve. The total number of targets is 169. The SDGs cover a broad
range of social and economic development issues. These include poverty, hunger,
health, education, climate change, gender equality, water, sanitation, energy,
urbanization, environment and social justice.5 (Nations, 2014)
There are some goals are directly related to achieving “Digital Bangladesh” goal.
SDG Goals Targets
1. No Poverty By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular
the poorand the vulnerable, have equal rights to
economic resources, as well as access to basic services,
ownership and control over land and other forms of
property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate
new technology and financial services, including
microfinance.
5 "Press release– UN General Assembly's Open WorkingGroup proposes sustainabledevelopment goals"
14. 14 Analysisof the budget
2. Zero Hunger Increase investment in rural infrastructure, agricultural
research and extension services, technology
development and plant and livestock gene banks in
order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in
developing countries, in particular least developed
countries.
4. Quality Education By 2020, substantially expand globally the
number of scholarships available to
developing countries, in particular least
developed countries, small island
developing States and African countries,
for enrolment in higher education,
information and communications
technology and other Subjects.
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5. Gender Equality Enhance use of enabling technology, in
particular information and
communications technology, to promote
the empowerment of women
8.Decentwork &Economic
growth
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity
through diversification, technological upgrading and
innovation, including through a focus on
high-value added and labor-intensive sectors.
9. Industry, Innovation &
Infrastructure
Supportdomestic technology development,
research and innovation in developing countries,
including by ensuring a conducive policy
environment for,inter alia, industrial diversification
And value addition to commodities.
16. 16 Analysisof the budget
17. Partnerships for the
goals
Fully operationalize the technology bank and science,
technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism
for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance
the use of enabling technology, in particular
Information and communications technology.
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ICT DIVISION ALLOCATION
For achieving “Digital Bangladesh” goal. Government of Bangladesh
established Ministry of ICT in 2011 and increase budget allocation in the
Information and Communication Technology division.
In the chart, we have seen that in FY 2015-16 total budget allocations was 1214 cr
Tk. In FY 2016-17 total budget allocations was 1839 cr Tk and This fiscal year FY
2017-18 total budget allocation 3874 cr Tk. Which is double than previous year
budget allocation.
FY 2015-16 FY 2016-17 FY 2017-18
ICT Division Budget 1214 1839 3974
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Tax and Subsidies
In this budget, government Reduce the duties on the machineries and parts required
to assemble or manufacture items like cellular phone, laptops, pad etc.6
Impose 10% duty on the import of mobile.
Posts and Telecommunications Division has been reduced by Tk381 crore to a
proposedallocation of Tk2,521 crore for the next fiscal year.
Expenditure
In FY 2017-18 budget total 3974 cr. Tk allocate to ICT division. About 3764 cr.
Tk will use for development purposeand 208 cr. Tk will use for non-development
purpose.
6 Budget Speech FY 2017-18
Development Expenditure Non Development Expenditure
Consolidated fund 37647000 2089800
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Annual Development Program (ADP) an organized list of projects in various
sectors and allocations for them for a year out of a five-year plan period for
implementation of the government's development policies, programs and
investments in the plan. The ADP is prepared on the basis of the year's
development budget approved by the parliament.7
In FY 2017-18 totals ADP was 153 cr Tk.
In FY 2017-18 Total ADP allocations in ICT division was 281131 lac Tk. It was
the allocation from its establishment. Most of the money use for project
expenditure.
There are 16 running project under ICT division in FY 2017-18. These projects are
helpful for achieving digital Bangladesh goal.
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ADP FY-2017-18
Project under Ministry of ICT8
Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC)
Establishment of IV Tires National Data Centre.
Bangladesh e-Government ERP
Innovation and Founding of Entrepreneurship Development Academy.
Preparation of e-Government Master Plan for Digital Bangladesh.
Establishment of Software Quality Test and Certification Center.
National Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure
Development, Info-Government (3rd phase).
Enriching Bengali language through information technology through
research and development.
Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance.
Ministry's Own
Development of mobile game and application skills.
Enhancement of PKI (public key infrastructure) System and capacity
building of CCA office.
Learning and Earning Development Project.
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BangladeshHi-TechPark Authority
Construction of the primary infrastructure of High-Tech Park, Sylhet (Sylhet
Electronics City).
Establishment of Bangabandhu High-Tech Park,Rajshahi (Barind Silicon
City)
Sk. Kamal IT training and Incubation Center
Supportto Development of Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park.
Directorate of Information and CommunicationTechnology
Establishment of Computer and Language Training Lab in Educational
Institutions all over the Country. 8
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Achievements under 6th
& 7th
Five Year Plan
Digital Bangladesh Sector
12 High-tech Park being constructed
554 Business process outsourcingcenter
2100 Sk. Rasel Digital Lab and Language Center
77.88% Have mobile Connection
9.39% Have Computers
18.25% Use internet
133 Innovation
10920 Women given basic ICT literacy training
In Natore Sk. Kamal IT & Incubation center
In Rajshahi The Barendra Silicon city9
4516 Union Information and Service center.
Successfulrunning of A2i Project.
4G mobile internet.
Launch of Bangabandhu-1 Satellite.
E-Krishi
Union Information and Service center.
Successfulrunning of A2i Project.
4G mobile internet.
Launch of Bangabandhu-1 Satellite.
E-Banking
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E-Ticketing
Export software.
E-Citizen service
Connecting with 2nd submarine cable.
National Help line number “999”
Land Reform
Increase employment
E-Commerce
E-Education
Connecting with 2nd submarine cable.
National Help line number “999”
Land Reform
Increase employment
Wi-Fi service in the Transport
A software technology park has been built at Karwan Bazar’s Janata Tower.
The fourth floor of the building has been allocated for various companies to
help create new entrepreneurs10. (Hitlar A Halim, 2017)
In future, Hope that we will see more achievement in this sectorand
Bangladesh will become“Digital Bangladesh” by 2021 and fate of Bangladeshi
man and woman will be change.
10 Digital Bangladesh initiativehalfway to completion, Dhaka Tribune,2017
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Lacking's in Digital Bangladesh Sector Budget
Impose 35% CorporateTax on E-commerce Sector.
Budget doesn’tuse properly.
Bangladesh is facing acute crisis of skilled computer user due to literacy
problem.
In Bangladesh, mobile data users have to pay higher price on using
internet data unlike developed countries.
Mobile Bandwidth Speed rate placed 118 among 120 countries.
Lack of digitization in the Road Traffic Sector.
ICT Law
Some Ministries still not fully digitalized.
There is lack of proper maintenance of ICT infrastructure including other
accessories for ICT.
Bureaucratic Complexity
Weak network coverage in the rural area of Bangladesh
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Recommendations
In Bangladesh Domestic ICT Industry is expected to generate revenue of US $ 0.9-
1.1 billion in 2017 and grow nearly fivefold to reach US $ 4.6-4.8 billion by 2025.
(Kartik, 2017).There is a huge opportunities for Bangladesh if it became digital.
For achieving digital Bangladesh goal.
Government of Bangladesh needs more allocation of money for ICT and related
sector. Taxation in the ICT sector has to be reduced to smoothen the path of
achieving digital Bangladesh. Development of web content, radio and TV content
that is able to be understood by large sections of the population should be
emphasized and give support. (Chowdhury, 2009) Special incentives should be
given to the private sector and NGOs to develop ICT-based services specifically
targeted towards the under-served. (Chowdhury, 2009) Government should invest
for creating skill labor. Without skilled labor digital Bangladesh just Day dream.
Government of Bangladesh need to focus on increase of use of ICT related service
to rural people. However our dream towards digital Bangladesh has a long way to
go. Digitalization of Bangladesh will depend how bestthe Government can use the
power of ICT to increase the access to information of its people.11
11 Essays,UK. (November 2013). Digital Bangladesh:Concepts of Development. Retrieved from
https://www.ukessays.com/essays/information-technology/digital-bangladesh-concept-of-
development.php?vref=1
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