About 4,196 hours of internet shutdown costs India $1.3 billion in 2019, finds study

Chennai: Internet shutdowns in India are not just disruptions in routine and individual freedom, but are also having an economic impact on the country.

Around 4,196 hours of internet blackouts in India cost the economy close to $1.3 billion in 2019, finds a latest study by UK-based tech research firm Top10Vpn.

India was the third worst-hit economy worldwide after crisis-hit Iraq and Sudan thanks to state-imposed shut downs across Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, UP and other regions, shows the report. An average of 8.4 million internet users were impacted across the mutliple incidents, it said.