{"id":429184,"date":"2026-05-02T13:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=429184"},"modified":"2026-05-02T13:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:51:19","slug":"govt-prioritises-secure-and-inclusive-digital-ecosystem-minister-timilsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/05\/02\/429184.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt prioritises secure and inclusive digital ecosystem: Minister Timilsina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 2, Kathmandu: <\/strong>Minister for Communications and Information Technology Bikram Timilsina has said the government is prioritising a safe, credible, inclusive and sustainable digital ecosystem, marking National Information and Communications Technology Day 2083.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a message on the occasion, the Minister said information technology is no longer optional but a key pillar for good governance, service delivery, economic growth and citizen empowerment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the government is advancing initiatives to build a \u201cDigital Nepal\u201d by making public services more transparent, accountable and citizen-friendly. The Ministry is also focusing on strengthening digital public infrastructure, with plans to further enhance Nagarik App by integrating more state services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timilsina said Nepal aims to position itself as a regional hub for digital innovation, IT services, data economy and artificial intelligence, backed by policies including the National AI Policy and National Cyber Security Strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted expansion of high-speed broadband, strengthening of government data centres, disaster recovery systems and digital literacy programmes to bridge the digital divide and ensure inclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government is also committed to creating employment in the IT sector, engaging youth talent and promoting startups as a driver of economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stressing collaboration, the Minister said digital transformation requires joint efforts from the private sector, academia, development partners, media and the wider public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He called on all stakeholders to work together towards building a modern and digitally empowered Nepal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 2, Kathmandu: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Bikram Timilsina has said the government is prioritising a safe, credible, inclusive and sustainable digital ecosystem, marking National Information and Communications Technology Day 2083. In a message on the occasion, the Minister said information technology is no longer optional but a key pillar for good governance, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":427553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,806,3,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-429184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-economy","category-english","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429184"}],"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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429185,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429184\/revisions\/429185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429184"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=429184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}