{"id":428998,"date":"2026-04-29T11:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=428998"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:24:18","slug":"communication-ministry-presents-monthly-progress-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/04\/29\/428998.html","title":{"rendered":"Communication Ministry presents monthly progress report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has made public its one-month progress report, highlighting improvements in administrative efficiency and technology-based service delivery under Minister Dr. Bikram Timilsina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry said it has prioritised the government\u2019s 100-point governance reform agenda and implemented measures to make services faster and more citizen-friendly. Key progress has been reported in driving licence printing, postal services, telecom reforms, digital services, cyber security, and administrative improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address delays in smart driving licences, arrangements have been made to print and deliver new licences within 24 hours after data submission. The ministry said 1.2 million licences have already been printed, with an additional 1.7 million old licences set for printing. Around 3 million postage stamps have also been produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under postal reforms, a \u201cGovernment Courier Service\u201d has been launched, including home delivery of passports in select districts, with expansion underway. Postal codes have also been upgraded to a seven-digit system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In telecom services, prepaid package validity has been extended to 30 days, while data usage alerts and user-controlled deduction systems have been introduced. Work is also underway to expand 4G and prepare for 5G services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry said the Nagarik App has been upgraded with new digital services, including document downloads and data integration through QR codes. Cyber security actions have led to the closure of over 11,000 betting-related apps and websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legal reforms, digital governance systems, and media infrastructure upgrades have also been initiated, while new programs have been launched to support endangered languages through Radio Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry expressed commitment to continue reforms for more efficient and technology-driven public services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ministry said it has prioritised the government\u2019s 100-point governance reform agenda and implemented measures to make services faster and more citizen-friendly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":370994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-428998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428999,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428998\/revisions\/428999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428998"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=428998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}