A Study on Aspects of India’s Digital Divide

Change is the only constant and so with changes in time, world changes. What was latest yesterday becomes outdated today and in today‟s world technology is changing at such a fast pace that if one is not well equipped and informed then the possibilities of missing many important opportunities in life is inevitable. Though change is inevitable and one must learn new technologies to adapt to this ever changing world, equipping oneself is not taking place at the same pace in every corner of the world. Developed countries are better equipped and learn faster whereas developing and under developed countries fail to implement changes due to lack of infrastructural access and learning skills. This difference is leading to a division among countries, societies, race and people in harnessing technology fruitfully and is termed as digital divide. An attempt is made by the researcher through this paper to explore the digital divide that exists in India and bring to the front the penetration of internet and its usage by the people in India; also the initiatives under the ambitious Digital India Program is highlighted in the paper to find out India‟s progress in transforming itself into a digital society.