Make government media credible and competitive’

Kathmandu : The Development and Technology Committee of the House of Representatives has directed the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to make the government media credible and competitive. In today’s meeting of the committee, the directive was issued to the ministry to ensure the government media are authentic and competitive. The meeting directed the ministry to develop Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Radio Nepal, Nepal Television, Gorkhapatra Corporation and Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) and postal office as effective, pro-people and people’s reliable institutions.
Likewise, the parliamentary committee also directed the ministry to fulfill the post of general manager lying vacant at NTA. Parliamentarians Tek Bahadur Basnet, Ganesh Pahadi, Ram Bahadur Bista, Kamala Roka, Indu Sharma, Asha Kumari BK, Min Kumari Subba, Rangamati Shahi, Jeep Tschering Lama, Yagyaraj Sunuwar and Mahendra Roy Yadav put their views in the meeting. The parliamentarians also drew the government’s attention regarding appointment of Digambar Jha as NTA new Chairperson, enforcement of Working Journalist Act, scientific management of postal service and operation of Information Technology Park in Banepa.
On the occasion, Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota informed the committee members that as many as 240 telecom towers were set up; 16,000 porn sites were blocked and wage of working journalists was increased. The Minister further shared that the telecommunications and high speed internet service would be reached to all local levels within two years and Rs 50 million would be deposited to the journalist career development fund. Committee President Kalyani Kumari presided over the meeting.RSS