July 5, 2021: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom would execute 17 new schemes amounting to Rs 7,050million during the current fiscal year.
For new schemes, the government has allocated Rs 400 million in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2021-22) for establishment of IT park in Karachi, Rs365.528mn for hybrid power solution Solarization for remote sites in AJK, Rs365.528mn for hybrid power solution Solarization for remote sites in Gilgit Baltistan, Rs160mn for national centers of Research innovation and entrepreneurship in AAI and allied technologies (NCRIE-AI) feasibility study and Rs100mn for raising smart capital through private trading market at PSK (PSEB).
While for the ongoing schemes, Rs955mn were allocated for blended virtual education (VU), Rs312mn for establishment of SINO-Pak center for artificial intelligence, Rs616mn for expansion of cellular services in AJK- GB, Rs500 for protection and up- gradation of Pak-China Phase-1 CFC project of establishment of cross border connectivity project, Rs1500 Technology Parks Development project (TDP) at Islamabad, Rs300mn for up-gradation of existing TDM based backhaul Microwave with IP based backhaul Microwave network in AJK and Rs500mn for up-gradation of transmission network and replacement of optical fiber cable in AJK and GB.
