The government has incorporated 52 ministries and divisions into Quick Win Smart Initiatives in the Smart Bangladesh Plan and Implementation Progress Management Platform with the goal of creating a more prosperous, equitable, and sustainable future.

The induction was done in a recent meeting titled 'Smart Bangladesh Plan Formulation (Phase 1) programme related briefing meeting'.

In the 3rd meeting of the 'Smart Bangladesh Task Force Executive Committee' instructions have been given to implement the Quick-Win initiative for Ministries and Divisions based public welfare services as smart services fast.

Every ministry or division is taking initiatives to convert implementable public welfare services into smart services within the next two years, according to an official document submitted to Parliament.

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The government is formulating the 'Smart Bangladesh: ICT 2041 Master Plan' to take up the well-planned activities of the four pillars of Smart Bangladesh- Smart Citizens, Smart Economy, Smart Government and Smart Society and implement them properly.

It also formed 15 sub-committees which will propose various programmes to implement each pillar in collaboration with government, private sector, development cooperation, academia.

The master plan will be finalised by dividing these programmes into short, medium and long term.

In addition to this, the document said, an initiative has been taken to revise the ICT Policy 2018 keeping in mind the challenges and possibilities of the fourth industrial revolution and the goal of building a Smart Bangladesh.

Already, the ICT Department has formulated the 'Smart Bangladesh: ICT 2041 Masterplan' by adopting various programmes in light of the four pillars of Smart Bangladesh.

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All the short term plans will be implemented within the next five years.

The government’s aim is to create at least 10 lakh more jobs in the technology sector in the next five years, attract investment and increase investment opportunities and increase annual export earnings.

The target was set under the Smart Bangladesh 2041 vision are divided into short-term, medium-term and long-term plans.

The smart citizens of Smart Bangladesh will be intelligent, skilled, innovative, creative, progressive, patriotic and problem-solving minded, said the document.

A smart economy will be a knowledge-based economy consisting of a cashless, circular, entrepreneurial, research and innovation driven economic system.

Smart government will be a citizen-centric, transparent and accountable government-system that will be paperless, data-driven, interconnected, interoperable, integrated and automated.

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And smart societies will be non-discriminatory, inclusive, just societies, which will be culturally rich tolerant societies and which will be safe and sustainable for all.

Smart Bangladesh will be built on the basis of these four pillars which will ensure the future of a developed and prosperous Bangladesh with high income, the document said.