\u2713 Direction: There will be 100s of reports. Don\u2019t need to know every one of them. For prelims just go through it once. For mains, know one major report in each theme of the syllabus wherever applicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713 Context: India is now placed at 61st rank (out of 134 countries) as per the Network Readiness Index 2022 (NRI 2022). It improved its position by 6 ranks<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713 Network readiness is a key indicator of how countries are doing in the digital world<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report has been prepared by the Portulans Institute, an independent non-profit, nonpartisan research and educational institute based in Washington DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713 India leads in several indicators such as 1st rank in \u201cAI talent concentration\u201d, 2nd rank in \u201cMobile broadband internet traffic within the country\u201d etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713 United States takes the 1st spot from the Netherlands (4th) as the most network-ready society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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