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India Inequality Report 2022: Digital Divide

December 14 , 2022 710 days 751 0
  • Oxfam India's released 'India Inequality Report 2022: Digital Divide' report.
  • The percentage of men owning phones is as high as 61 per cent while only 31 per cent of women-owned phones in 2021.
  • India's growing inequalities based on caste, religion, gender, class, and geographic location are being worryingly replicated in the digital space.
  • The report revealed a digital divide based on employment status where 95 per cent of the salaried permanent workers have a phone.
  • Only 50 per cent of the unemployed (willing and looking for a job) have a phone in 2021.
  • Only 3 per cent of the rural population owned a computer.
  • There are only 57.29 internet subscribers per 100 people in the country and that number is significantly lower in rural areas than urban.

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