A review meeting on the implementation progress of the Annual Development Program (ADP) for the month of June for the financial year 2022-23 of the Information and Communication Technology Division was held today on Thursday in the conference room of the Information and Communication Technology Division. State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak was present as the chief guest in the meeting.
Samsul Arefin, Secretary of Information and Communication Technology Division presided over the meeting. Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority, Bangladesh Computer Council, Heads of various organizations under the Information and Communication Technology Division and various project managers were present.
Other Hi-Tech Park Development (3rd Revised) projects including Kaliakoi Hi-Tech-Park, Setting up of IT Business Incubator at Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology, Leveraging ICT for Employment and Growth of the IT-IT ES Industry Project, Skill Development of IT Engineers to suit the Japanese IT Sector, the financial and practical progress of all other projects tailored to the Japanese IT sector including IT Engineers Skill Development Project, Digital Literacy Center Establishment Project, Digital Security Agency Establishment and necessary infrastructure development projects were discussed in detail. Organization heads and project managers presented their respective project implementation plans and latest progress in the meeting.
It was informed in the meeting that the implementation progress of the projects on the basis of financial exemption till June 2023 of the ICT Division is 99.85 percent.
It may be noted that, the total allocation for 28 projects under the ICT Division in the financial year 2022-23 is Tk. 1,555 crore 67 lakh taka. Out of this, 1518.4006 crore taka has been disbursed and 1516.0519 crore taka has been spent.