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STS700 Suman R. A.
• Sustainable investment in Big Data System
• Institutionalization or institutional set up of Big data system
• Natioanl Big data system policy formulation
• Capacity development of prevailing human resources
• Ensuring following the FPOS
• Ensuring the confidentiality of individuals
• Identifying and selecting standard data products
• Statistical Literacy or Awareness to data users to data producers

Opportunities:
• Existence of FPOS
• Existence of NSS
• National strategy for Statistical Development
• Statistical Acts/ regulations
• Prevailing Institutional set up
• Strengthened and modernised statistical system
• Cost-effective statistical products of quality and timeliness
• Access to statistical products in smart decision making

7. Some initiations of government services
Government of Nepal is transforming its manual based government
services to digital systems. Digital based licenses, land management, voter list,
cadastral mapping, hospital management, meteorology and hydrological
systems etc. are some of the efforts. These sources are also the sources of Big
Data. Beside these efforts, the management information system established in
various institutions can be mix up with related Big Data.
Government has already established the National Information Technology
Center. This is central data repository of GoN. This center would be
instrumental to integrate Big Data generated by various sources.
CBS has come up with national data profile (NDP) portal. This portal is
designed in the principle of designated system. There are 5 different themes.
Some of the indicators will be highly relied on Big Data.
Nepal's new political frame is based on federal structure. There are 753
local level and 7 provinces. The constitution has explicitly given the right and
responsibilities to these local and province level governments in statistical
governance. Generation of data in high granularity is the major challenge at
this moment. The usefulness of Big Data in this context is very relevant and
the government has given priority to expedite and mix up of different data
sources.

8. Conclusion
The notion of Big Data is now not only related to its volume, velocity and
varieties but also the citizens' right to information. Trustworthy statistical

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