Is India ready for the infrastructure required to overcome digital divide?

In India, the digital divide is a significantly growing problem. The country has over 550 million internet users, which puts India at the second rank for the highest number of internet users globally. While the ranking sounds impressive, what it manages to hide is that more than half of India’s population does not have access to the Internet. To address this pressing issue, the Government of India announced its Digital India program which focuses on digital inclusion with an aim to transform India into a digitally empowered society.