The first meeting of the review of the development program was held in the ICT Division on Tuesday. The newly joined Secretary Samsul Arefin, presided over the meeting. The project heads highlighted the implementation progress of the Annual Development Program (ADP) in the meeting for the month of January of the financial year 2022-23 of the ICT Division before the Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed.
During this time, they discussed the implementation plan of the projects undertaken in the current financial year, the achievement of monthly physical and financial targets, the decisions taken and the recruitment of manpower.
Other Hi-Tech Park Development (3rd Revised) projects including Kaliakoir Hi-Tech-Park, Setting up of IT Business Incubator at Chittagong 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 including 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 of the ICT Division till January 2023 is 34.71 percent.
It is worth noting that, in the current financial year, 1 thousand 595 crore 78 lakh Taka have been allocated for a total of 28 projects including 2 technical ones under the ICT Division.
The State Minister directed the project manager and the concerned to ensure the progress of the projects quickly while maintaining the quality according to the work plan and complete the work on time. Project managers commit to completing projects within the stipulated time.