India moves up 6 place to be ranked 61st on the Network Readiness Index 2022

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India has improved its rank by 6 places to be ranked at 61 place in the recently released Network Readiness Index 2022 (NRI 2022). The report prepared by the US-based non-profit body Portulans Institute compliments India and says that “India has a greater network readiness than would be expected given its income level”.

The Network Readiness Index ranks the 131 countries on 58 variables across four pillars of four different pillars: Technology, People, Governance, and Impact.

 India’s Performance 

• India improved its score from 49.74 in 2021 to 51.19 in 2022. 
• India  has secured 1st rank in “AI talent concentration”, 
• 2nd rank in “Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country” and “International Internet bandwidth”, 
• 3rd rank in “Annual investment in telecommunication services” and “Domestic market size”, 4th rank in “ICT Services exports” and 
• 5th rank in “FTTH/Building Internet subscriptions” and “AI scientific publications”.
• India is ranked 3rd out of 36 in the group of lower-middle-income countries after Ukraine (50) and Indonesia (59).

Top three countries on the Network Readiness Index

The United States topped the list with an overall score of 80.3. It was followed by Singapore with a score of 79.35 and Sweden with a score of 78.91.

In the Asia Pacific region, the list was led by Singapore, followed by South Korea and Japan. 

Full Forms 

FTTH: Fiber to the Home 

ICT: Information Communication Technology 

AI: Artificial Intelligence