Vision, Background, Objectives and Strategies of IT Policy 2000
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IT Policy 2000
Vision
To place Nepal on the global map of information technology within the next five years.
Background
As a developing country, Nepal has availed of the opportunity to rapidly develop various sectors such as education, health, agriculture, tourism, trade, among others, using information technology. The extension application of this technology will engender economic consolidation, development of democratic norms and values, proportional distribution of economic resources, and the means and enhancement of public awareness, thereby raising living standards and, most importantly, contribute significantly to poverty alleviation. An information technology policy is required to develop information technology in the shortest time possible for the sake of the national economy.
Objectives
The information technology policy shall be developed to attain the following objectives.
- To make information technology accessible to general public and increase employment through this means.
- To build knowledge based society.
- To establish knowledge based industries.
Strategies
The information strategies adopted to accomplish the above-mentioned objectives of rapid development and expansion of information technology in a fair and competitive environment shall be the following:
- The government will act as a promoter, facilitator, and regulator.
- Carry on research, develop and expand information technology with high priority to participation of the private sector.
- Prepare capable manpower with the involvement of both public and private sector for sustainable development and expansion of information technology.
- Encourage native and foreign investment for the development information technology and infrastructure pertaining to information technology.
- Place Nepal on the global map through information technology.
- Legalize and promote e-commerce.
- Assist in e-governance by using information technology.
- Utilize information technology in the development of rural areas.
- Promote information technology industries.
- Create a healthy, competitive environment for information technology service providers and provide them speedy and qualitative service at a reasonable cost.
- Include computer education in curriculum from the school level.
- Enhance professional efficiency through the use of information technology.
- Expand the information technology network to the rural areas.
- Establish Nepal in the international market in informational technology.
- Increase export services related to informational technology (software and hardware) to 10 billion rupees within the next five years.
- Vision: of IT policy is to place Nepal on the global map of information technology within the next five years.
- Objective of IT policy is to make information technology accessible to general public and increase employment through this means, to build knowledge based society and to establish knowledge based industries.
- Some strategies are: Include computer education in curriculum from the school level, enhance professional efficiency through the use of information technology, expand the information technology network to the rural areas and establish Nepal in the international market in informational technology.
Questions and Answers
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Information Technology is the modem technology of computer science, which includes fast communication from one place of world to another place.
The components of information technology are:
- Data
- Hardware
- Software
- People
- Network
The policy formulated by the government or concerned authority to organize, develop and implement in different sectors of IT systematically, is known as IT policy.
The main vision of IT policy of Nepal 2057 is "To place Nepal on global map of information Technology with the next five years".
The objectives of IT policy of Nepal 2057 are:
- To make it accessible to the general public and increase employment through this mean.
- To build knowledge based society.
- To establish knowledge based industries.
Any four policies of IT policy of Nepal 2067are:
- Programs for increasing employment opportunities will be enhanced increased by making similar policies of information technology with the policies made for development of other areas.
- The policies related with export a objects and services related with information technology will be changed and updated and to cooperate with the concerned authorities and other private sectors to bring programmers so as to extend the export.
- Domestic Preferential Treatment will be provided to the instruments, parts, software and the services related with them that are produced within the country.
- National and international investment will be encouraged in the area of information technology and to adopt one way system policy to ensure effectiveness of investment.
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Which of the following is not the objective of IT policy 2000?
To build knowledge based society.
To make information technology accessible to general public and increase employment through this means.
To establish knowledge based industries.
Legalize and promote e-commerce.
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Which of the following is the vision of IT policy 2000?
To build knowledge based society.
To place Nepal on the global map of information technology within the next five years.
To make information technology accessible to general public and increase employment through this means.
Legalize and promote e-commerce.
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The full form of IT is _________.
Information Technology
Information Technique
Integrated Technique
Integrated Technology
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Which of the following does not fall under strategies of IT policy 2000?
Establish Nepal in the international market in informational technology.
Promote information technology industries.
Create a healthy, competitive environment for information technology service providers and provide them speedy and qualitative service at a reasonable cost.
Make information technology accessible to general public and increase employment through this means.
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Enhance professional efficiency through the use of information technology fall under _______ of IT policy 2000.
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Amendment date of it and its objective
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