A Study on the Concept, Measurement, Dimensions, and Current Cachet of Digital Divide in India

Digital empowerment‟ perhaps a phrase which is highly used in the national agenda since the declaration of digital India movement, because the internet is the best change management tool and facilitates transparency, accountability, responsibility, equality, and many more. It will produce a world where the low-powered and also the powerful relish equal opportunities to be online and equal possibilities to access information. Deficiency in „digital empowerment‟ is known as the digital divide. It is natural those who have ingress with the internet or digital sources are superior to those don‟t have. The Republic of India is one in all the countries where the digital divide is incredibly evident. The researcher conducted analysis studies on the premise of secondary sources of information by keeping in sight of the provisions of objectives and practicability. This paper is an attempt to study the concept, measurement, dimensions, and determinants of digital divide, and this paper also analyzed the current cachets of digital divide in India thoroughly through the prism of Teledensity divide, mobile divide and, internet divide. In a nutshell, the disparity of haves and haves-not‟s of digital technology intimidate to provoke the cracks between the wealthy and poor, urban and rural. Though India has created encouraging efforts to bridge the gap by initiating a variety of projects and programs for rural and remote locations, loads a lot of needs to be done to bring the people into the knowledge society. All that's needed is robust determination among individuals, smart policymakers and political support to bridge the digital divide.