Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka

Applications for WSA close on Wednesday (20)

Friday, 15 March 2013 13:44

Applications are currently called for the pre-selection of nominees to the World Summit Award 2013, the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) says. The award attempts to appreciate at an international level the ICT content and software developed to make the lives of people more comfortable. ICTA is hosting the WSA award event scheduled to be held in Colombo this October. An exhibition, Awards Gala and a Conference under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa with participation of representatives from about 164 countries are on the cards.

Nominations for the pre-selection are invited from content practitioners/innovators in the following categories for products or applications launched after 1st of January 2011:- (1)e-Government and Institutions (2) e-Health and Environment, (3)e-Learning and Education, (4)e-Entertainment and Games, (5) e-Culture and Heritage, (6)e-Science and Technology, (7) e-Business and Commerce and (8)e-Inclusion and Participation

In a reminder to applicants to ICTA’s e-Swabhimani applicants ICTA says that all applications submitted for the e-Swabhimani 2011 or 2012 need not be resubmitted. However such applications could be re-submitted if substantial improvements have been made to these product since submission.

Now e-Revenue licence to be extended to Southern Province

Monday, 11 March 2013 09:48

Steps have been taken for extending eRevenue licence, the automated service of issuing the vehicle revenue licence , to the Southern Province as well.

While this service was introduced first in the Western Province, based on its success in the Western Province, action has been taken to extend it to the Southern Province as well, the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) says.

As a result of this vehicle owners are enabled to obtain their vehicle revenue licence from the Divisional Secretariat nearest to them.

ICTA says that by now the initial activities for introducing this facility in the Southern Province have been carried out.

ICTA also said that about 500,000 revenue licences were issued in the Western Province in 2012 under this eRevenue licence project.

ICTA says that while this automated service could be obtained in the Western Province Online as well, it is hoped to introduce this facility in the Southern Province.

eGovernment at work; eRevenue Licence

Wednesday, 27 February 2013 10:25

By Wasantha Deshapriya, ICTA Programme Director - Re-engineering Government

The basic definition of eGovernment is the use of Information and Communication Technology for improving the efficiency of the Government and providing better services. The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) has supported many Government organisations in implementing eGovernment projects aimed at achieving the above objectives. The eRevenue Licence project is one of the best examples such eGovernment projects.

It is mandatory by the law in any country that vehicles driven on roads pay a “Road-Tax” for using the roads. The objective of this law is to collect tax from vehicle owners for using the road and use this tax money to maintain the road network.

In Sri Lanka this requirement is referred to as the “Motor Vehicle Revenue Licence” and it has been stipulated by the Department of Motor Traffic Act and the responsibility of collecting this tax has been delegated to provincial councils.

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