PIB | 21 Nov, 2022
India has improved its position by six slots and is now placed at 61st
rank as per the Network Readiness Index 2022 (NRI 2022) report released
recently.
In its latest version of 2022, the NRI Report maps the
network-based readiness landscape of 131 economies based on their
performances in four different pillars: Technology, People, Governance,
and Impact covering a total of 58 variables.
The report has been
prepared by the Portulans Institute, an independent non-profit,
nonpartisan research and educational institute based in Washington DC.
India
has not only improved its ranking, but also improved its score from
49.74 in 2021 to 51.19 in 2022. It is noteworthy that India leads in
several indicators.
The report states that India secured 1st rank in “AI talent concentration”, 2nd rank in “Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country” and “International Internet bandwidth”, 3rd rank in “Annual investment in telecommunication services” and “Domestic market size”, 4th rank in “ICT Services exports”, 5th rank in “FTTH/Building Internet subscriptions” and “AI scientific publications”.
NRI-2022
report states that India has a greater network readiness than would be
expected given its income level.
India is ranked 3rd out of
36 in the group of lower-middle-income countries after Ukraine (50) and
Indonesia (59). India has a score higher than the income group average
in all pillars and sub-pillars.