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VOL. 9, ISSUE 4 (2023)
Digital India: A Difficult Journey Towards the Last Mile Connectivity
Authors
Dr. R Nagabhushan
Abstract
Digital economy is the new productivity platform that is being regarded
as the third industrial revolution. This digital revolution is expected to
generate new opportunities in every sphere of the economy. Digital India
initiative aims at reaching the unreached through broadband highway, universal
access to mobile connectivity, public internet access programme. Digitalization
of business and delivery of services leads to ease of access, transparency and
reduction in transaction cost such as e-Governance, e-Kranti-Electronic
delivery of services. The digitalization creates IT jobs for the skilled youth,
results in increased income level that contributes to economic growth.
Advancement in ICT technologies leads to greater benefits to the citizen
engagement with government. Notwithstanding the immense impact digitization is
going to have on the Indian economy, there are many challenges that could
derail the ambitious ‘Digital India’ bandwagon. The ambitious Digital India
programme is facing multiple challenges. The biggest challenge is the slow and
delayed infrastructure development. There are several other issues such as
prevalence of high level of digital illiteracy, connectivity to remote areas,
cybercrime, finance, net neutrality, data vulnerability and so on. Unless and
until these issues and challenges are addressed ‘Digital India’ will be a
distant dream. This paper tries to look at the issues and challenges faced by
the Digital India initiative and is based on the secondary data.
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How to cite this article:
Dr. R Nagabhushan "Digital India: A Difficult Journey Towards the Last Mile Connectivity". International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research, Vol 9, Issue 4, 2023, Pages 1-5
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