Way Forward – Digital Divide

Infrastructure development

  • The promotion of indigenous Information and Communication Technologies development under Atmanirbhar Abhiyan can play a significant role. 
  • Promotion of budget mobile phones is the key, we should explore migration to new technologies like 5G and the upcoming 6G.

Promoting Digital Literacy

Government have launched many Schemes to promote Digital Literacy:

  • Digital India Initiatives 
  • National Education Policy, 2020
  • Internet Saathi Program
  • Optical Fibre Network (NOF-N)
  • DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing) platform
  • Unaati Project
  • Gyandoot
  • Digital Mobile Literacy
  • Online Massive Open Online Course MOOC
  • On Air Shiksha Vani
  • E- Pathshala

Promotion of Regional Language

 State governments should pay particular attention to content creation in the Indian regional languages, particularly those related to government services. Natural language processing ( NLP) in Indian languages needs to be promoted.

TRAI

TRAI should consider putting in place a credible system. This system will track call drops, weak signals, and outages. It ensures the quality and reliability of telecom services.

Cyber Security

Cyber crimes are increasing day by day India loses Millions of Dollars due to the lack of not having awareness, Infrastructure, and Digital literacy and there is also a digital divide . Government have taken many steps to tackle cyber security.

Digital Divide : Meaning & Types

Digital Divide is a term that means the gap between Individuals, communities, Drives, Inequality and Countries who have access to Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and those who don’t have access. This gap is created due to the availability of Internet connections and devices like Smartphones and Computers. The ability to pay for the Internet access, device and data plan. The knowledge of digital literacy is required to effectively use technology. The digital divide is a tool to understand if more or lower will in any country it shows how much the country is developed or is still in its developing phase.

In this article, we will discuss about Digital Divide and its types in detail.

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Way Forward – Digital Divide

Infrastructure development The promotion of indigenous Information and Communication Technologies development under Atmanirbhar Abhiyan can play a significant role.  Promotion of budget mobile phones is the key, we should explore migration to new technologies like 5G and the upcoming 6G. Promoting Digital Literacy Government have launched many Schemes to promote Digital Literacy: Digital India Initiatives  National Education Policy, 2020 Internet Saathi Program Optical Fibre Network (NOF-N) DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing) platform Unaati Project Gyandoot Digital Mobile Literacy Online Massive Open Online Course MOOC On Air Shiksha Vani E- Pathshala Promotion of Regional Language  State governments should pay particular attention to content creation in the Indian regional languages, particularly those related to government services. Natural language processing ( NLP) in Indian languages needs to be promoted. TRAI TRAI should consider putting in place a credible system. This system will track call drops, weak signals, and outages. It ensures the quality and reliability of telecom services. Cyber Security Cyber crimes are increasing day by day India loses Millions of Dollars due to the lack of not having awareness, Infrastructure, and Digital literacy and there is also a digital divide . Government have taken many steps to tackle cyber security....

Conclusion

Digital Divide is a term that means the gap between Individuals, communities ,and Countries who have access to Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and those who don’t have access. This gap is created due to the availability of Internet connections and devices like Smartphones and Computers. The Indian government has launched several initiatives to address the digital divide and promote digital inclusion across the country.The main reason for Digital Divide is not having proper Infrastructure , awareness and digital literacy ....

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