Computers, access to, and internet/ digital penetration: India
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Digital penetration: India and the world
2013
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Digital penetration: India and the world
2012- 23
From: May 19, 2023: The Times of India
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Internet penetration in India, 2012- 23
Digital Quality of Life
2020
From: Sep 27, 2021: The Times of India
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Digital Quality of Life in India, 2020
Digitisation of the economy
2014-2018: rapid growth
From: April 13, 2019: The Times of India
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2014-2018: How India became a digital miracle
2018: India world’s 2nd fastest digitising economy
March 31, 2019: The Times of India
From: March 31, 2019: The Times of India
INDIA’S THE SECOND FASTEST DIGITISING ECONOMY IN THE WORLD: McKINSEY
The fast-growing digitisation of the Indian economy has potential to not only boost core sectors like IT, digital communication, and online retail but also transform several other areas of the economy — financial services, agriculture, logistics and education.
India had 560 million connected internet users, and citizens downloaded 12.3 billion mobile applications in 2018, more than any other country except China. The average Indian social media user spends 17 hours on the platforms each week, more than social media users in China and the US, says a new study by McKinsey Global Institute.
The study finds that India is the second fastest digitising economy after Indonesia when compared to 17 mature and emerging economies, including the US, UK, China, and Brazil.
“The opportunity for leapfrogging is available to the poorest sections of society, as the lowest income states have seen the biggest jump in mobile internet subscribers. So now education, healthcare and livelihood opportunities can be delivered to them which won’t have been possible in the PC driven internet age,” said Alok Kshirsagar and Anu Madgavkar, co-authors of the report. “This is not just about startups but also incumbents who are able to use technology to drive 30-40% change in business outcomes.”
This digital economy is also expected to drive change in the nature of work. About 60-65 million jobs could be created by the productivity surge by 2025 in sectors like construction, manufacturing, agriculture, trade, hospitality, finance, media and logistics. But at the same time, this change may also need redeployment or loss of 40-45 million jobs like data-entry operators, bank tellers, clerks, insurance claims and policy-processing staff which may get automated. - TNN
2018: rural-urban divide
Surojit Gupta, Nov 25, 2019: The Times of India
Nearly 4.4% of rural households and 23.4% urban households had a computer while 14.9% of rural households and 42% of urban households had internet facility, a survey conducted by the National Statistical Office showed.
The survey on ‘Household Social Consumption: Education’ conducted by the NSO showed that in rural areas, among persons of 5 years and above, 9.9% were able to operate a computer, 13% were able to use internet and 10.8% used internet during the last 30 days before the survey period In urban areas, among those who were 5 years and above, 32.4% were able to operate a computer, 37.1% were able to use internet and 33.8% used internet during the last 30 days. The main objective of NSS’s 75th round survey on ‘Household Social Consumption’ was to build indicators on participation of persons of age 3 to 35 years in the education system, expenditure incurred on education of the household members and various indicators of those currently not attending education. The survey showed that the literacy rate among those 7 years and above was 77.7%. It was 73.5% in rural areas and 87.7% in urban areas. Among those of 15 years and above, in rural areas, 30.6% had completed secondary or above level of education while in urban areas it was 57.5%.
The survey also showed that 10.6% of those 15 years and above had completed graduate level or more of education. This was 5.7% in rural areas and 21.7% in urban areas. In terms of enrolment among the age group of 3 to 35 years, 13.6% never enrolled, 42.5% enrolled but were currently not attending and 43.9% were currently attending. In rural areas, 15.7% never enrolled, 40.7% enrolled but were currently not attending while 43.5% were currently attending. In urban areas, 8.3% never enrolled, 46.9% enrolled but were currently not attending while 44.8% were currently attending.
Among males, 11% never enrolled, 42.7% enrolled but were currently not attending while 46.2% were currently attending. Among females, 16.6% never enrolled, 42.2% enrolled but were currently not attending while 41.2% were currently attending. The gross attendance ratio at primary level was 101.2%. The figure was 94.4% at ‘upper primary/middle level’ and 98.7% at ‘primary and upper primary/middle level’. The net attendance ratio at primary level was 86.1%. It was 72.2% at ‘upper primary/ middle level’ and 89% at ‘primary and upper primary/ middle level’.
Nearly 96.1% of students were pursuing general courses and 3.9% were pursuing technical/professional courses, the survey found. Among male students, nearly 95.5% were pursuing general courses and 4.5% were pursuing technical/professional courses. Among female students, nearly 96.9% were pursuing general courses and 3.1% were pursuing technical/professional courses.
In rural areas, average expenditure per student pursuing general courses in the current academic year was Rs 5,240 while in urban areas it was Rs 16,308.
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