The MCRIAP has developed the national project Digital Lifestyle - DigitEL

The implementation of the entire national project is planned until 2023, and the required funding volume is almost 49 billion tenge. According to the project passport, it is expected to increase investments in the IT sector to 300 billion tenge, provide 100% of households with broadband Internet access, increase the total volume of IT product and service exports to $500 million, make changes in legislation and regulatory legal acts on informatization, information security, personal data protection, electronic digital signature, communications, and the crypto industry (opening crypto exchanges), as well as create 100,000 new jobs by 2025.Thus, ensuring a competitive environment and developing the industry will be carried out through investment and strengthening the participation of domestic companies.However, when reviewing the project on the "Open Regulatory Legal Acts" portal, one can notice comments indicating that the bill violates citizens' rights and freedoms. The use of digital technologies is closely linked to the control of their development, and the boundary of what is permissible may become blurred. It may be necessary to more clearly demonstrate how the use of technologies will affect the provision of citizens' freedom of action. Public discussion will continue until April 16.Source: legalacts.egov.kz