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Union Digital Centre

Union Digital Center (UDC) is a unique step of the government at the use of ICT in the systems of local government. UDC are newly established one-stop service outlets operating at all, 4554+ union parishads of the country. The study tries to examine the roles of UDCs in delivering services. It is based on secondary data. The key objectives of UDCs are to ensure easy access of common people to government, commercial and social information and services; create ICT infrastructure at all Union Parishads and to increase its efficiency through prompt delivery of information and other day-to-day services. UDC provides 3 types of services 1) Information Services which includes; Information related to agriculture, health, education etc. 2) Commercial Services which includes; Computer and English language learning training, photocopy, scanning, email, internet browsing, talking with Skype etc. and 3) Government Services. The challenges are lack of equipment, slow internet speed, inadequate manpower, load shedding etc.