Types of Digital Divide and Digital Inclusive Policies in India

  Ever since Jean Jacques Rousseau in his magnum opus The Social Contract and Discourse pointed out the difference between natural and social inequalities (Beteille, 1977, pp. 3-4), sociologists have evinced more interest in the latter. Social inequality stems from wealth, prestige, and power in Indian society like other societies since time immemorial. Knowledge is … Read more

DIGITAL DIVIDE: Introduction and Concept

                                         DIGITAL DIVIDE The digital divide implies the gap among those who have access to digital technologies and those who do not have such access. The term assumes that such an access differential leads to social disparities owing to the differences in the benefit bestowed … Read more