Financial Implications
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- It is a big challenge to bring rural India on a communication highway keeping in mind the diversity that they have in terms of language, culture, geographical limitations, and poor knowledge base.
- Moreover, with limited exposure and expertise of rural populace, it is a momentous challenge to educate them in handling and usage of modern communication tools and services
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Inadequate access to telecommunication infrastructure
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- Marred by poor infrastructure and flawed implementation, rural populace is still years behind their urban counterparts when it comes to comparison of quality and access level of ICT services
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Access to hardware
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- The access to e-technology is primarily dependent on the availability and access to hardware equipment like smartphones and computers along with the network connectivity.
- Further, if the equipment is available, the information access should also be available at equitable cost.
- This creates a digital divide between those having the access and those not having the access to the digital services due to the financial constraints
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Language and content limitations
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- The main hurdle in utilization of information by rural populace is the absence of content in their regional languages
- Although, sufficient work is being done in this regards, the efforts aren’t sufficient enough to absorb the agriculture dependent population completely
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