1.5 bn Indians to be connected to internet in 2 yrs; country’s AI tech to lead globally: MoS IT

New Delhi: India is expected to almost double its internet user base in the next two years with the BharatNet project connecting more homes across rural India, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. He said India, not China, is the world’s largest connected nation on the internet in the world as China has more intranet connectivity and they have walled off their internet.

“India is going to be one of the largest connected nations in the world. I already think India is the largest connected country in the world because China is not connected because it has an intranet, walled off island that pretends to be the internet. Even if you believe for a minute that they are on the internet, we are going to be one of the largest nations in the world,” Chandrasekhar said at an Assocham conference.