INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ICT UTILIZATION IN RURAL INDIA

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Grzegorz Sobiecki


Keywords : role of ICTs, institutions, policy analysis, rural development, India
Abstract
Agriculture is one of the most important sectors in India, and could benefit tremendously with the applications of ICTs especially in bringing changes to socio-economic conditions of the poor in rural areas. Achieving these benefits requires proper institutions for ICT adoption and utilization. Therefore The current state of major Indian institutions (ICT and rural policies) using document analysis is evaluated against supporting progress in areas of the horizontal side of the “cube framework” in rural India. Major finding is that The Five Year Plans, National ICT and Telecom Policies are developing in the right direction and government initiatives are increasingly maturing, but may lack some specific solutions.

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Sobiecki, G. (2013). INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ICT UTILIZATION IN RURAL INDIA. Annals of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 100(4), 114–124. https://doi.org/10.22630/RNR.2013.100.4.57
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