Bhutan e-Government Master Plan
3.4.7
Ministries/Agencies Specific ICT Initiatives
E-Commerce
Framework
The
of
Ministry
Framework
in
DITT/MolIC.
and
Portal
Economic
Affairs
consultation
with
(MoEA)
the
will
establish
business
the
e-Commerce
community,
The framework will put in place the laws and
BICTTA
and
regulations to govern
and facilitate e-Commerce.
To ensure sustainability, BICTTA will be appointed to drive the development and
operation
of the e-Commerce
Portal.
The
Agency
of Promotion
of Indigenous
Crafts under MoEA will be the anchor tenant on the portal to promote Indigenous
Craft
and
generate
employment
for
Bhutanese
artisans.
The
portal
will
also
support the online businesses of Bhutanese entrepreneurs.
Public Financial
Management
The existing MEF
data and
model
information,
macro-economic
makes
System
i.e.
Framework
Model)
use of Microsoft excel sheets to input historical
assumptions,
variables
(Macroeconomic
analysis and
Gross
inter-linkages amongst various
Domestic
Product
(GDP),
Balance
of
Payment (BoP), Government Debt, Revenue, Grants, Expenditure and Electricity.
With
increasing
data and
has been constrained
analysis
of various
are risks of data
information
over the years,
the excel-based
framework
by lack of flexibility in terms of creating inter linkages and
macro-economic
loss and
data.
In the excel-based
inconsistency with data
framework,
inputs sourced
from
there
various
government institutions.
Although,
platform
the
for
existing
the
macroeconomic
faced
by the
excel-based
policymakers
data,
existing
with
to
MEF
the
increasing
excel-based
framework
input,
scope
framework,
has
analysis
of MEF
provided
and
activities
the framework
a
starting
interpretation
and
needs
of
constraints
to be
up
graded.
A web- based application model for MEF seeks to address the existing limitations
faced by the excel-based framework.