State Minister of Technology Kanaka Herath yesterday said in Parliament that it is expected to make all payments of Government institutions online by March next year.
The Minister of State said this while joining the debate held in Parliament yesterday on the financial headings of the Ministry of Technology.
The State Minister who commented further said that the digital financial system of Government institutions has been started in 14 institutions so far.
The State Minister said that the Cyber Security Act will be submitted to the Parliament next year and an authority is expected to be established for it. He also said that anyone who suffers from injustice can submit complaints through the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Forum (SL CERT) emergency number – 101.
The State Minister also said that the work order of digitizing the agriculture sector has been started. In this way, an understanding can be gained regarding the suitable areas for the crops suitable for cultivation in each season.
The State Minister also said that special attention will be paid to spread the subject of Artificial Intelligence in Sri Lanka next year. The Minister said that a committee has been set up for AI under the chairmanship of President Ranil Wickramasinghe and a Bill will be prepared for it next year. The State Minister who commented on the matter said that this subject will be introduced in Sri Lanka to suit the country and technology. One billion rupees allocated for AI in this year’s budget. He said that the AI Committee established in the President’s Office will provide the necessary support for that.
The Ministry of Education has provided the necessary support to build a digital education policy. Every year there is a need of 20,000 for information technology. But we only have 10,000. We have proposed the programme for that. Special attention is paid to training and providing jobs to art graduates. The programme will start next January.
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