Digital Connectivity
Objectives
Given the relevance of digital connectivity to economic growth and the need to eliminate the digital divide by 2022-23, India should aim to achieve:
- Physical digital connectivity across all states, districts and gram panchayats (GPs).
- Delivery of government services digitally by 2022-23.
- Hundred per cent basic digital literacy across the country to be able to leverage the benefits of digitization.
Current Situation
- According to the Internet Trends 2017 report, 1 27 percent of India’s population (355 million users) uses the internet.
- The Digital India scheme launched in 2015 brought the topic of digitization to the forefront of public discourse. Areas including construction of broadband highways, public ....
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