37% rural youth sans Internet access: Study
In a continent where literacy still remains a significant concern, the Indian government hopes that providing Desi email IDs would encourage more people to get online, in a way that suits citizens, by removing the language barrier. The Indian census of 1961 recognised over a thousand languages spoken in India, of which only 22 languages have been given the status of official languages in the country. Leaving aside literacy, India is still lacking the required Internet exposure. Based on an earlier survey, by data journalism initiative IndiaSpend, only a mere 29 per cent of Indians were able to access Internet services in 2015, which has risen at a snail’s pace to just 34.8 per cent in 2016.
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