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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