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Rural India will now fuel the growth of internet in the country, which will account for nearly half of the country’s total Internet population by 2020. According to a report by Boston Consulting Group, increased access to the Internet will also influence rural shopping patterns, replicating the trend seen in urban India. The reports states that by 2020, about 315 million Indians living in rural areas will be connected to the Internet, compared to around 120 million at present. That’s about 36 percent of the country’s total online population. According...

Government of India will launch a Rs 1,800 crore ($265 million) Digital Literacy Mission for 60 million people in rural areas as another initiative to bridge the gulf between those who have access to and can use computers and the Internet and those who don’t, a top official has said. “The government will spend Rs 300 each on training 60 million people, which would total around Rs 1,800 crore,” said Dinesh Kumar Tyagi, chief executive officer, of CSC e-Governance Service India, a holding company to fund and monitor India’s common...