The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has made a historic increase of 137 percent for the promotion of Science and Technology by allocating Rs.2.5 billion rupees in the financial year 2020-21.
Minister for Information Technology, Atif Khan in a statement said that the increase of the budget from Rs1.1 billion to Rs 2.6 billion shows that the provincial government is giving special attention to this key sector which is the future of the province.
He said that the provincial government is committed to establish a knowledge-based economy and firm to convert the province into digital Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The steps for the promotion of Information Technology include citizen facilitation centers in the newly merged districts, supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem through the Durshal program, early age programming for children of government schools, enhancing industrial competitiveness and innovation, and model science laboratories in merged districts.—APP
