The digital work completed so far and plans ahead.

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Digital Landscape of Sri Lanka
Wasantha Deshapriya
Secretary
Ministry of Telecommunication and Digital
Infrastructure

2. Organizations in charge of digital
matters so far
 Council for Information Technology (CINTEC)
– 1984 to 2003 - the apex National agency for IT in
Sri Lanka
 ICTA
– Replaced CINTEC
– Created by ICT Act No 27 of 2003
– the apex National agency for IT in Sri Lanka
– From 2003 up to now
 Ministry of Telecom & Digital Infrastructure
– Responsible for policy matters since 2012

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4. Soft Digital Infrastructure
 With a view to Vision 2025, National Digital
Policy, eGov Policy, Broadband Policy are
being drafted
 Standards: Government has adopted Open
Standards, Lanka Interoperability Standards,
web standards, Local language Standards
 Elaws: Electronic Transaction Act, Computer
Crimes Act, IP Right Act are in place;
 Planning to introduce Data Protection Law,
Cyber Crime Law

5. Hard Digital Infrastructure
 National Backbone Network covers 95% of the
country
 Mobile connections 140%
– 3G coverage – 80%
– 4G coverage – 30%
 Lanka Government Network 2.0; connects 850
government organizations through fiber
 NSDI: National Spatial Digital Infrastructure;
Coming Up

6. Fixed Broadband and Mobile Broadband Subscriptions
(1996 – 2017 Mar)
Source: Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka

7. Middleware Infrastructure
 Lanka Gate
– Serves as the bridge connecting applications and
infrastructure

8. Digital Economy
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Currently IT is 5th
biggest foreign exchange
earner
 Innovation based Start Ups are coming up fast
 Has been nominated as the ‘Best Outsource
Destination” in 2015 & 2016 by AT Kerney
 Sri Lanka just started a major study for Digital
Economy Strategy
– It is run under the leadership of PM Office
– Supported by Industry and Industrial Bodies

9. Digital Society
 Community level ICT
– Nenasala – Community telecenters
– Fusion
– Smart Social Circles

10. Payment Gateways and Common
Services
 Lanka Government Payment Services (LGPS)
 Lanka Clear
 Fin Techs are introducing mobile based
payment modalities
 All Mobile companies offer mobile wallets
 Government Call Center -GIC: 1919
 Gov SMS
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11. Cross Government Applications
 ITMIS; Treasury Management System;
Operational
 eGovernment Procurement; in conceptual
stage
 Document and Work flow Management system
 No common HRM system

12. Single Windows
 Government Web Portal; Operational
 RAMIS: Operational, linking other organizations
 Business Registration: Coming Up
 Land Registration: Partially completed; Coming
Up
 Construction Approval: Coming up
 Trade facilitation: Coming up
 Import Export Hub: Coming up

13. Verticals: Business Specific
Applications
 Smart eNIC: Operational
 Digital ID; Planning
 ePopulation Registry; Operational
 Land Management System: Partially completed
 Welfare Management System; Coming up
 eMotoring; Coming up
 ePassport; Passport issuance and border control
system up and running; ePassport; coming up
 Pension Mgt System operational
 Tell President; Grievance handling System

14. eServices
 Sri Lanka ranks at no 37 out of 193 countries in
“On Line Services” in UN eGov Survey
 Government offers more than 50 important on
line services
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Similarly Sri Lanka ranks at 50th
place in
eParticipation category in the same survey.

15. Cyber Security
 Sri Lanka CERT is working with AP CERT and
Cyber Security Task Force
 Sri Lana is a signatory to Budapest Cyber
Crime Convention
 SL SOC; coming up
 NCA; coming up