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Gov't aims high in digital drive

Thursday, September 14, 2023 | 590 Views |

Going online: More government services will soon be available online

Government intends to transfer more than 400 of its services online in the next two financial years, as part of the strategic priority of digitisation.

Finance ministry technocrats writing in the draft Budget Strategy Paper released this week, said already 140 government services had been taken online, including import and export permits, tourism permits, licences and permits applications, tertiary student financing, eHealth and others.

For the 2024–2025 budget, government is looking into digitising services that promote Government to Government (G2G) and Government to Employee (G2E) interactions, the technocrats said.

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Gov't aims high in digital drive

Government intends to transfer more than 400 of its services online in the next two financial years, as part of the strategic priority of digitisation.