Checking out the fineprint: India is the third-largest digitalised nation, states report

Story highlightsThe ‘State of India’s Digital Economy 2024’ report by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations reveals that the state of digitalisation is much better than economically-advanced nations. India is the third-largest digitalised nation worldwide, simply behind the United States and China, states a brand-new report by a Delhi-based think tank. The ‘State of India’s Digital Economy 2024′ report by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations reveals that the state of digitalisation is much better than economically-advanced nations. While the United Kingdom is ranked 4th, Germany– Europe’s largest-economy– is at the 5th position. South Korea is positioned 6th while Japan is ranked ninth. Australia (seventh), Indonesia (8th) and France (tenth) comprise the remainder of the list. India’s digital facilities succeeds at the aggregate level, offered the huge size of the population. At over 700 million, India has the second-highest variety of web users worldwide. This is more than two times the size of the United States’ population. The nation does especially well when it concerns offering budget friendly information connection and making use of internet-based services like payment apps regularly. Where India lags in web connection However, at a private user’s level, India ranks 12th amongst the G-20 nations. The report puts the digital divide in the following way: “While India as a country is significantly digitalised, the typical user is not.” : At a private user’s level, Fiji, with 88 per cent of its 0.9 million population linked to the web, is ranked much better than India, where just 52 per cent of the 1.4 billion population is linked to the web. The distinction in the aggregate and private level of digitalisation exposes India’s digital divide, showing that there is an excellent scope for enhancement. India’s gender space in web connection at 10 percent, is greater than the world average of 9 percent. The rural-urban divide is even greater at 58 percent, compared to the world average at 49 percent, includes the report. How are the nations and state
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