Majority citizen services to be provided digitally by 2021, says Joy
E-government master plan, digital municipality service system launched
Monday, 21 October 2019
Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said on Sunday most of the citizen services will be available either using fingertips on mobile phones or through Union Digital Centers by 2021, reports UNB.
"Today, this is another big step towards that direction (providing citizen services digitally). We'll also be adding more and more citizen services," Joy said while addressing a function marking the unveiling of 'E-government Master Plan' and launch of 'Digital Municipality Service System for Digital Bangladesh' in the city.
He also inaugurated three digital one-stop services - Eksheba, Ekpay and Ekshop - to enable the people to get different government services, utility bills and fees payment facilities and e-commerce.
Local Government, Rural Development & Co-operatives Minister Md Tazul Islam, MP, State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak , South Korean Ambassador in Bangladesh Hu Kang-Il, Senior Secretary, ICT Division NM Zeaul Alam and Country Director, KOICA Bangladesh Office Joe Hyun-Gue, among others, were present at the function. Korea International Cooperation Agency in collaboration with BCC and ICT Division unveiled its 'E-government Master Plan and launched 'Digital Municipality Service System' for Digital Bangladesh.