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Internet in India : Usage, Policies and Digital India

India is one among the developing nations of the world producing substantial GDP. Most of the GDP coming from service sector contributing to 57% of GDP. Telecommunication is one of them, being the second largest telecommunication service in this world, it has its way in the country. Let's consider some basic statistical information before I go into the topic. There are 46.2 crore (462 million) internet users in India. Among them the number of people who are connected to broadband are 14 crore (140 million) people and in that, wired subscribers are 1 crore (10 million) and wireless through telephones are 12 crore (120 milllion) people and only 12.6% of the Indian individuals are accessing internet, of coarse this is taken considering whole population and only 9.5% of the households are connected to internet. If Indian, we all know about the Digital India that is been launched in India in 2015, "is a campaign launched by the Government of India to ensure that Government s...