TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– India is the largest democracy in the world with a population of 1,027 million people, of which 35 per cent are still illiterate. The paper describes the role that information and communication technologies are playing for Indian society to educate them formally or informally which is ultimately helping India to emerge as an information society.Design/methodology/approach– The basic approach has been a literature review to find the historical situation and present the prevailing scenario as well as the change that are taking place with the application of ICT to the advantage of the society in different areas including daily life.Findings– The paper briefly describes the changes that are taking place with the application of ICT to the advantage of the society in different areas including daily life. It briefly describes the various initiatives taken in various states and union territories of India to take advantages of ICT.Originality/value– The paper provides the clear picture of India and Indian endeavours to adopt the new technologies to become an information society.
VL  - 23
IS  - 6
SN  - 0264-0473
DO  - 10.1108/02640470510635764
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/02640470510635764
AU  - Prabha Singh Shashi
PY  - 2005
Y1  - 2005/01/01
TI  - The role of technology in the emergence of the information society in India
T2  - The Electronic Library
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 678
EP  - 690
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -