Pakistan 2014-2015 Budget USF Projects and for ICT Projects Details

Pakistan 2014-2015 Budget USF Projects and for ICT Projects Details

Pakistan 2014-2015 Budget USF Projects and for ICT Projects Details

Pakistan 2014-2015 Budget USF Projects and for ICT Projects Details are given from Wazar-e-Khazana Mr. Ishaq daar also announces budget for USF Projects and for ICT Projects.Here are complete details are given.

Mr. Dar announced that Universal e-Telecentres will be established across the limits of the country, however, to start with a total of 500 Telecentres will be established in the four provinces and Islamabad during the first phase.

These Universal e-Telecerntres will improve public access to ICT services such as NADRA facilities, biometric verification devices for issuance of SIMs, e-facilitation in health, agriculture, commerce, governance, learning etc.

Minister said that these centres will not only generate local employment but will also offer entrepreneurial opportunities.

He explained that these e-telecentres will be funded by Universal Services Fund (USF), for which a whooping Rs. 12 billion investment will be made during next three years.

USF will invest another Rs.2.8 billion during 2014-15 in its ongoing program whereupon optic fiber cable is being aggressively laid to provide connectivity to outlying areas particularly in Baluchistan, FATA, rural KPK and other parts of country.

Additionally, Rs.3.6 billion have been allocated out of USF to be spent on Rural Telecommunications Program.

Mr. Dar said that all these efforts shall result into rapid rollout of next generation ICT services in the remote areas.

Government also announced Prime Minister’s ICT Scholarship Program, which aims at providing the highest quality ICT education opportunities at top universities to the students belonging to rural and semi urban areas.

Government said that Rs. 125 million have been allocated out of National ICT R&D Fund to provide 500 scholarships for shining students this year.

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