India expands digital footprint but faces censorship and blackouts
By France24
05 October 2022 |
3:44 pm
In less than a decade, India's digital penetration has more than doubled to reach over 50 percent of its 1.3 billion residents. It's all part of PM Narendra Modi's ambitious plan to turn the country into a trillion-dollar digital economy.
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