Woeful lag in India's Net, broadband subscriber base

December 14, 2012 16:00

There were 22.86 million Internet subscribers in India at the end of March 2012-- way below the target that was set for 2010 -- on account of multiple factors that have prevented its spread, Parliament was informed today.

The number of Internet subscribers as reported by Internet Service Providers for the last three years was 16.18 million (2009-10), 19.67 million (2010-11) and 22.86 million (2011-12), Minister for Communications and IT Kapil Sibal said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

The government had set the target of achieving 6 million, 18 million and 40 million Internet users for the years 2005, 2007 and 2010 respectively, under the Broadband Policy 2004, the minister said.

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