- The number of Internet
subscribers in India
may reach the 50-crore mark by next year, Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has
said.
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“India
currently has 40 crore internet subscribers. Earlier, I have said about the
target to reach 50 crore users in two years, but now it looks that the 50 crore
mark is likely to be achieved next year,” Prasad said during a discussion
- The number of Internet
subscribers in India
may reach the 50-crore mark by next year, Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has
said.
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- “India
currently has 40 crore internet subscribers. Earlier, I have said about the
target to reach 50 crore users in two years, but now it looks that the 50 crore
mark is likely to be achieved next year,” Prasad said during a discussion
on ‘Digital and Skill India’.
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- He also spoke on the
concept of ‘digital village’, where one block in every state will be selected
to ensure that technology can be used to deliver education and healthcare
services.
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- Under the digital
village initiative, the focus will be upon four things: e-education,
telemedicine having linkage of primary health centres with district hospital,
resource centre as a virtual classroom including training in all gap areas, and
LED lights along with Wi-Fi, the minister added.
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- The Internet and
Mobile Association of India had in November said that currently, India has the third largest Internet user base
in the world, but by December, it will likely overtake the US (as the second largest base).
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- China currently leads with more than 600 million Internet
users.
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- Prasad also announced
that India Post would be launching its payment bank by March 2017.
