December 31, 2019
IT Bill 2075, It’s Prospect on the IT Industry of Nepal is going to be held on May 9, 2019, from 2 PM to 5 PM. Nepal Tables New IT Bill: Registration Of Social Networks, Data Retention, Censorship, Intermediary Liability Issues.
The Government of Nepal has introduced Information Technology Bill, 2075 on 20 Feb 2019 to the parliament for discussion and approval. Once approved, the bill will replace the prevailing Electronic Transaction Act, 2006. In the context, Information Security Response Team Nepal, NPCERT, in association with Internet Society Nepal and Internet Governance Institute, is organizing an interaction program “Information Technology Bill 2075 and its prospects on the IT industry”, and would like to invite you to participate in the program.
This meetup is basically a interaction program on IT Bill 2075 and its prospect on IT Industry. This event will be held at Pragya Pratisthan Bhawan, Kamaladi, Nepal.
The event is organized by Information Security Response Team Nepal(nPCert), Internet Society Nepal, Internet Governance Institute and Body & Data in partnership between ICT Frame Magazine and Supported By CAN Federation, CSRI Nepal, One Cover, and LABA Nepal, CSIT Association of Nepal, DIT Solution are supporting this event.
Venue: Nepal Academy (नेपाल प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठान)
Address: Kamaladi Rd, Kathmandu (Lekhanath Hall)
Date: Thursday, May 09, 2019
Time: 2 pm to 5 pm
Tentative Agenda
14:00-14:15 Registration & Welcome Tea: Romkant Pandey, ISOC Nepal
14:15-14:20 Welcome & Objective Umesh Raghubanshi, Director, Internet Governance Institute
14:21-15:00 “ICT Bill 2019 & Proposed Amendment: Key issues to be addressed.” Babu Ram Aryal, Founder/Director of Internet Governance Institute
15:00-15:15 Tea Break
15:16-16:45 Panel Discussion
IT Bill, 2018: Stakeholders Concern
Panelists:
● Hon. Dibyamani Rajbhandari,
MP, House of Representatives
● Hon. Bina Kumari Shrestha, MP, House of Representatives
● Vivek Rana, Expert, Asian Development Bank
● Shubha Kayastha, Executive Director, Body & Data
● Sahib Singh, Consultant, Asia Internet Coalition
16:46-16:50 Chief Guest Speech
Hon. Kalyani Kumari Khadka, Chair, Development & Technology Committee, House of Representative
16:51-16:55 Vote of Thanks
Chiranjibi Adhikari, President, Information Security Response Team (npCert)
16:56-17:00 Closing Remarks
Manohar K Bhattarai, Founding Chair, Internet Governance Institute.
17:00 Onward High Tea
Watch The Video Link:
Proposed IT Act 2075 at Chair Of Development & Technology Committee, Hon. Kalyani Kumari Khadka, Click Here
Information Technology Act 2075 For Whom, ICT Consultant Of Asian Development Bank, Vivek Rana, Click Here
IT Bill 2018 & Proposed Amendment: Key issues to be Addressed: Baburam Aryal, Click Here
Feedback Of IT Bill 2075, Founder President at CAN Federation, Bimal Kumar Sharma, Click Here
Feedback Of Information Technology Act 2075, Shubha Kayastha, Click Here
Feedback Of IT Bill 2075, Surya Bahadur Basnet, Click Here
Feedback Of IT Bill 2075 Nepal, Surendra Neupane, Click Here
Feedback Of Nepal Information Technology Bill, Biplav Man Singh, Click Here
Information Technology Bill 2075, Umesh Raghubanshi, Click Here
Feedback Of Proposed IT Act 2075, Er. Binod Dhakal, Click Here
FeedBack Of Proposed IT Act 2075, Suraj Adhikari (ISOC Nepal), Click Here
Feedback Of Proposed IT Act 2075, Prabesh Subedi, Click Here
Feedback Of Proposed IT Act 2075, Manohar Kumar Bhattarai, Click Here
Asia Internet Coalition, Sahib Singh Chadha (IT Bill 2075 of Nepal), Click Here
Feedback Of Proposed IT Act 2075, Gauri Shankar Chaudhary, Click Here
House of Representative Nepal, Kedar Sigdel (IT Bill 2075), Click Here
Speaker From Nepal’s Parliament, Bina Kumari Shrestha (IT Bill), Click Here
September 10, 2018 (Next Program)
Stakeholder Consultation on Draft information Technology Bill and Individual Privacy Bill Organized
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Internet Society Nepal [ISOC Nepal] and Internet Governance Institute [IGI] organized a stakeholder consultation on draft information Technology Bill and Individual Privacy Bill at Hotel Himalaya, Kathmandu on 7 September 2018.
Around 60 participants representing different sectors, including the government, civil society, academia, private sector, technical community, labor union participated in the program.
As the Chief Guest in the program, Mr. Mahendra Man Gurung, Secretary, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Nepal Government, stressed that the government has drafted the bill with the intention of facilitating the IT Sector and that the government is open to considering the recommendations received through the consultation.
In the consultation meeting, Advocate Santosh Sigdel, President, Internet Society, made a presentation on major provisions and concerns on the IT bill. Likewise, Advocate Semanta Dahal and Advocate Prabin Subedi made a presentation on Individual Privacy Bill from the perspective of data protection and privacy. The Individual Privacy Bill is currently under consideration in a parliamentary committee. Mr. Umesh Raghuvanshi, Director, IGI, made a presentation on concerns relating to doing ICT business in Nepal, from the perspective of the draft IT bill.
During the consultation, stakeholders urged the government to include the recommendations from the consultation in the bill, before its submission to the parliament. Further, stakeholders also suggested addressing the issues relating to Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT). The representative of the labor union asked the government to address the issues relating to IT labors in the bill. Representatives of the private sector pointed out the lack of provisions to promote IT Sectors in Nepal. Proposed provisions in the bill, such as the additional procedural requirement of registration at DoIT, would negatively affect the foreign direct investment, they argued.
Mr. Birendra Mishra, Joint Secretary, MoCIT, Mr. Laxmi Narayan Yadav, Director General, Department of Information Technology, Mr. Sunil Kumar Shrestha, DIG, Nepal Police, Nepal Police, Mr. Khemraj Gyawali, Joint Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Mr. Rajendra Thapa, Nepal Law Commission, Mr. Tara Nath Dahal, Executive Director, Freedom Forum, also expressed their opinions on draft bills in the program. Officials from the ministry and DoIT reassured that the recommendations from the stakeholders, to the extent possible, will be included in the draft IT bill before submitting it to the cabinet.
The Director of IGI, Senior Advocate Upendra Keshari Neupane concluded the program by summering the inputs with the promise of the continuation of another event series of this Program.
