In the modern and emerging
economic scenario the impact and significance of the
Information and
communication technology has emerged as an important tool for growth. Information and communication Technology (ICT) has various challenges in the developing countries like India. The challenges for disseminating ICT includes Illiteracy, poverty, multiple languages, poor education quality, less computer knowledge, and poor infrastructure etc. The ability of the governments (Center and state) in order to disseminate the information in
rural and semi urban areas is not yet reached the maximum mark. The connectivity between growth and information technology need to be realized by the farming and rural small business community.
In this paper I tried to examine, how Economic growth of a country is influenced by information and communication technology with respect to India. This
article has two sections. First section deals with the challenges and obstacles of ICT in rural communities and second section does focus on experience of Indian economy since 1991 with respect to information and communication technology.
Growth of an Economy is not only based on aggregate demand and aggregate supply of economic factors, but also depending on how communication technology is well established and scattered in the country. Through ICT, connectivity between one sectors to another could be made easier. The farmers need to be given major concern. The information regarding market, prices, supply, demand and governmental policies have to be well made available in the rural and semi urban areas. On the other hand small business people and investors at rural and semi urban areas have to be made aware of the issues like stock market growth, potential business opportunities and competition among various business activities.
Further this paper makes an attempt to focus on impact of ICT in the context of Globalization, and discuss some major ICT initiatives in India. Sustainable growth needs favorable economic environment where information should be spread across the country, irrespective of people’s economic status.
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