Role of ICT in Economic Growth of India

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a pertinent role in Economic growth and development of India. India is a country of more than 500 villages consisting 60 percent of its total population. So from the development point of view, it has been the main focus of the government to include all the disadvantaged and weaker sections of the society into the arena of equal growth and opportunities to all by providing better services of infrastructure, agricultural development, financial services and public health services etc. to the rural area of the nation. All the decisions whether political, social, economic, cultural and behavioral today depends on the ability to access, gather, analyze and utilize Information and Knowledge. So this paper aims at examining and analyzing the impact of ICT on economic growth of India. Secondary data has been used to arrive at logical conclusion, collected from various government websites and statistical report. The paper concludes with an overall assessment of different sectors of IT industry and the spillover of its unexpected successful outcomes on the whole economy.