ICT Needs for Rural India - A Review

Abstract

India is a developing country and for its growth and advancement it is important to bring positive changes and implement new techniques .In this highly populated country ,it's crucial to tackle with the major issues like chronic unemployment ,high level of illiteracy ,women empowerment ,lack of medical facilities, etc. Strengthening and boosting rural livelihood plays a main role into development. The paper is focusing on promoting the rural economy and improving quality of life in remote places. ICT i.e. information and communication technology is powerful media for overcoming these challenges. ICT focuses on improving agriculture activities and enforcing communication and information technologies, helps people in rural area to grow and to create more sources of income. And decrease the poverty rate of the country. And this includes promoting sustainable agriculture, empowering women, introduce new techniques and equitable access to land, water, financial resources, education to all, strengthen health-care facilities, arrange training and awareness programs, expand access to market, promote gender equality and many more. ICT is helping and changing livelihoods of many and if this continues so there will be no gap between rural area and urban area.