Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2011-08-17

Government Programme of e-Sri Lanka Project

- Operations of Lanka Government Network (LGN) - the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) of the Export-Import Bank of the Republic of Korea provided a loan in the sum of US $15.0 million to the Government of Sri Lanka to fund Stage I of the above project. Consequent to competitive bidding, the contract was awarded to Samsung Networks Inc. which has successfully completed the project, connecting 325 Government organizations and providing them with Basic Computer Equipment, Local Area Network, Wide Area Network etc. The proposal made by H.E. the President, for the Government to take over the ownership for the management and operations of the Lanka Government Network from 01st August 2011 onwards with the establishment of a Subsidiary Institution for the purpose and provide funds for its maintenance and operations, was approved by the Cabinet.