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India is in the bottom half of the rankings of seven pillars of the global Network Readiness Index, and beyond the 100th mark in four
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Ranked 89th among 143 countries, India fares rather poorly in the global Network Readiness Index of the World Economic Forum. Curiously, it has failed to improve its score since 2012.
Despite many clusters of excellence and its knack for frugal innovation, India is not leveraging information and communication technologies (ICTs) for the benefit of its entire population. The country is in the bottom half of the rankings of seven pillars of the index, and beyond the 100th mark in four.
Uptake of ICTs in India is clearly among the lowest in the world and barely compares with its immediate neighbourhood.
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