India has improved its position by 11 slots and is now placed at 49th rank as per the Network Readiness Index 2024 (NRI 2024) report released on 21st November 2024. India was placed at 60th rank in the NRI 2023 report.
- The US topped the rankings for the third year in a row.
- The United States, Singapore, Finland, Sweden, and the Republic of Korea are leading as the most network-ready societies globally.
About Network Readiness Index
- In its latest version of 2024, the Report maps the network-based readiness landscape of 133 economies based on their performances in four different pillars: Technology, People, Governance, and Impact, covering a total of 54 variables.
- The report has been published by the Portulans Institute, an independent non-profit research and educational institute based in Washington DC.
India’s performance
- India has not only improved its ranking, but also improved its score from 49.93 in 2023 to 53.63 in 2024.
- India secured 1st rank in ‘AI scientific publications’, ‘AI talent concentration’ and ‘ICT services exports’, 2nd rank in ‘FTTH/Building Internet subscriptions’, ‘Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country’ and ‘International Internet bandwidth’, 3rd rank in ‘Domestic market scale’ and 4th rank in ‘annual investment in telecommunication services.
- India has ranked 2nd in the group of lower-middle-income countries after Vietnam.
