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COVID-19 pandemic laid bare issue of digital divide: Ravi Shankar Prasad

29 Apr 2021 Evaluate

Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad has stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the issue of the digital divide and recast the world’s view of digital access as a critical component to an equitable society. He said ‘In 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world embraced digital transformation at a pace never witnessed before’. He added that ‘The pandemic has resulted in societies reimagining technology’s critical role in how we work, learn and live’.

Prasad said the pandemic ‘has not only laid threadbare the issue of the digital divide but more importantly recast our view of digital access as a critical component to an equitable society.’ Asserting that technology is meant to be a ‘great equaliser, not a source of division’, Prasad said almost half the world’s population does not have access to high-speed broadband and is hence deprived of access to virtual platforms, tele-medicine, distance education and e-payments.

Prasad said the COVID-19 pandemic has also brought to the forefront the critical need for cutting-edge technology tools and innovation in the areas of tele-education and tele-medicine. Further, he underlined that digitalisation can support waves of change that could dramatically shift to a more efficient governance system. He said ‘We need to make technology an enabler for sustainable development, economic growth, social inclusion and environment sustainability.’

In 2015, the government launched 'Digital India' with the aim to bring digital inclusion and empower ordinary citizens with technology-based solutions that are affordable and easy to use. Today, India has the second-largest internet user base and is the second-largest mobile manufacturer, offering the cheapest internet data tariffs in the world. He noted that ‘We aim to develop India as a $1 trillion digital economy by 2025’.

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