37% rural youth sans Internet access: Study
The Indian government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has grown increasingly focused on giving more people access to the Internet, but the majority of the country’s citizens are still offline.
Nearly 1 billion people in India are yet to connect to the Internet,according to a World Bank report. As of 2014, India’s population was estimated to be around 1.3 billion, according to data fromthe World Bank and the US’ Census Bureau.
The report added that the Internet adoption rate was high in government firms, but low for small and medium-sized businesses.
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