Development of Rural India: From wired to wireless network- A comparative study.
Nidhi Nigam, Geetika Batra. · International Journal of Advanced Research · 2016
The Knowledge Information Sharing plays an important role in rural development.The Empowerment of rural communities is essential for the development of the rural region.The major concern is nowadays to bring the people of rural region to digital technologies for access and implement modern technologies.Here, meaning of Rural Development implies both, the economic development of the community and increase social revolution using electronic governance (e-governance).In order to provide better prospects and opportunities for development in terms of economic, agricultural and marketing management, participation of rural people, usage and adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) should be increase in India.Purpose of this paper is to explore the nature, role and significance of the Electronic/Digital Governance and wireless technologies for rural development in the rural areas.It also aims to study the impact of egovernance on rural development.The paper examines the current status of electronic governance in India.