Government starts using digital signature

Kathmandu, December 2. The KP Oli government is a bit more serious about going hi-tech and protecting the environment by cutting down on the use of papers that come primarily from rainforests, it appears.

The government has started using digital signature in official works from Wednesday. President Vidhya Devi Bhandari inaugurated it at Seetal Niwas on Wednesday.

Now on, all works involving the use of computer will be conducted now using digital signature, according to Ram Chandra Dhakal, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Information and Communications. Digital signature is safer, more confidential and authentic.

This will also increase people’s access to different services, according to Dhakal.

Digital signature is a part of cybersecurity. Those, who engage in IT transactions using digital signature, cannot cheat concerned parties that the signature is not theirs.

This will give authenticity to transactions conducted through the Internet. The technology can be used while sending emails, messages and digital documents using the phone and the computer.

The US and several European countries have given legal recognition to digital signature. In 2012, the then government had made a public annoucement that it will launch digital signature. The government has appointed Radiant InfoTech as the certified company handling digital signatures.