Banking service chronicle Monthly Magazine by bsc academy-subscribe Published this article page no 49 FOR THE FIRST TIME INDIA HAS MORE RURAL NET USERS THAN URBAN According to the Digital in India report by Internet & Mobile Association of India (a notforprofit industry body) as of November 2019 rural India had 10% more active internet users than urban India. 69 o Active internet users are those who use internet at least once a month. With 504 million active internet users (aged 5 years or above) India has the secondlargest internet user market behind China. Internet penetration in India is 40%. (88% for the US and 61% for China). o Internet Penetration rate is percentage of total population that uses Internet. Increase in female internet users (26 million) was more than that of male internet users. With cheaper smartphones & reduction in data plans 4G has become preferred choice of Internet connectivity. Digital Services have assumed great importance for India with the Government actively promoting a vision of $1 trillion digital economy. UNIFIED MOBILE APPLICATION FOR NEWAGE GOVERNANCE (UMANG) UMANG was launched in 2017 to bring major government services on a single mobile app with a larger goal to make government accessible on mobile phone of citizens. About 660 services from 127 departments & 25 states and about 180 utility bill payment services are live on it. Recently Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has brought 7 services of India Meteorological Department on UMANG app. Services include Current weather weather warnings tourism forecast etc banking service chronicle monthly magazine buy.
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