Digital Literacy and Infrastructure: A Comparative Study of India and USA

Abstract

This paper presents the study on comparing the digital literacy echelons of India and USA, with focus on intersection of digital literacy and infrastructure. Digital literacy is the knowledge and skills that one possesses to operate digital technologies and tools. It is used for communication, sharing information and working in this digital world. For making nation’s population digitally literate, digital infrastructures plays an important role. This study opted for India and USA as these both nations are at different stages of development, which makes them for good base to make this comparative analysis. This study is based on secondary source of data, where data has been taken from DataReportal 2024 reports of India and USA. It is discovered that although India lags in terms of digital inclusivity and literacy than USA, but digital adoption rate of India is incredible. Various initiatives by Indian government are improving digital literacy levels. USA has well established infrastructure which sets a bar for performance in digitalization. India has yet a lot to achieve, Indian Government can shape its efforts as per the programs and steps initiated by USA digital model to make nation digitally literate and develop its infrastructure.