Challenges and Barriers to Bridging the Digital Divide are i Infrastructural barriers ii Literacy an...........

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Recently, the Kerala High Court, in Faheema Shirin v. the State of Kerala case, declared the right to Internet access as a fundamental right forming a part of the right to privacy and the right to education under Article 21 of the Constitution.The court held that, in an information society, unequal access to the Internet creates and reproduces socio-economic exclusions. According to new study, India’s digital divide is preventing the Digital India programme from achieving its desired outcomes. Digital divide means discrepancy between people who have access to and the resources to use new information and communication tools, such as the Internet, and people who do not have the resources and access to the technology. It also means discrepancy between those who have the skills, knowledge and abilities to use the technologies and those who do not.The digital divide can exist between those living in rural areas and those living in urban areas, between genders, between the educated and uneducated, between economic classes, and on a global scale between more and less industrially developed nations. There is a huge rural- urban and inter-state digital divide in India.

Challenges and Barriers to Bridging the Digital Divide are

i Infrastructural barriers

ii Literacy and skill barriers

iii Economic barriers

iv Content barriers

v Language barriers

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i. ii, iii and iv only

ii, iii, iv and v only

i. iii, iv and v only

all of the above

none of these

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Explanation:

Challenges and Barriers to Bridging the Digital Divide

Infrastructural barriers: India still lacks a robust telecommunication infrastructure with sufficient reliable bandwidth for Internet connection

Literacy and skill barriers: Education in information literacy will play an important role in keeping the society from fragmenting into a population of information haves and have–nots. The lack of skill in using computer and communication technology also prevents people from accessing digital information.

Economic barriers: Poor access to computer and communication technology also causes a digital divide. In India the ability to purchase or rent the tool for access to digital information is less among the masses.

Content barriers: To solve the digital divide, steps should be taken by the government to ensure that all citizens are able to receive diverse content relevant to their lives as well as to produce their own content for their communities and for the Internet.

Language barriers: Having a multicultural and multilingual population, today a large percentage of information content on the Internet is in English, which is a barrier for the people whose primary language is not English.