Digital Divide: Adivasi Women are Most Disadvantaged
Smartphones, without any doubt, have become an essential part of our lives to access the internet for communication, entertainment, financial transactions, education, etc.
During the COVID-19 pandemic use of smartphones increased manifold. However, though decreasing, there is still a great divide with respect to region, gender, class, caste, etc. as far as access to mobile networks and ownership of smartphones are concerned.
According to a Times of India report published on December 31, 2022, Telecom Service Providers’ data showed that as of March 2022, out of 644,131 villages in India, around 598,951 (93 per cent) villages had 4G mobile networks.