Use of Indian Languages is Critical to Achieve The Digital India Dream: Report
New Delhi- Advocating the need for more content in Indian languages to propel internet penetration, a report titled ‘Proliferation of Indian Languages on Internet’ finds that enabling local language content on the Internet will lead to a growth of 39% in the current Internet user base. 75% growth will be from the rural users while only 16% growth will come from urban India.
The report, published by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), finds that The English language still accounts for 56% of the content on the worldwide web while Indian languages account for less than 0.1%. However, while The Internet in India is predominantly English, there is a high potential for regional language content. According to the report, in the last year alone, Hindi content on the web has gro...