Paper Details

Name: Sharada P
Country: India

Year: 2026
Volume: Volume-13, Issue-1 (January-June)
Page Number: 496-501
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21428332

ABSTRACT
While economic growth and rising productivity are the major expected outcomes of digitalization, digital divides and related forms of exclusion and inequalities are commonly observed too. With a significant portion of its citizens residing in rural areas, the country recognizes the imperative to bridge the developmental gap between urban and rural landscapes. India, one of the largest economies in the world, with a remarkable pace of ICT diffusion, represents a relevant case to investigate the impacts of digitalization on economic development. National policies should therefore not only promote digitalization as such but also ensure its co-evolution and complementarity with a variety of other country-specific factors. The present study collects a series of novel contributions on this theme, studying the Indian experience in an international cross-country perspective. The paper presents background information on the Indian case, introduces the main themes on the relationships between ICTs, socio-economic development and digital divides and provides a summary and road map to the inclusive economic growth with E-Governance strategies. On the whole, the main message of the study is that the impact of ICTs is contingent upon other assets, capabilities and institutional conditions. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) provide new opportunities and new challenges for developing economies. ICT adoption, digitalization and automation provide formidable new opportunities in terms of increased efficiency and productivity, the creation of new services and occupations and increased connectivity among agents. However, the extent to which developing economies are able to reap these potential benefits is contingent on a set of other social, economic and institutional dimensions.

Keywords: Digital India, E-Governance, Inclusive Growth, Indian Economy.