Geographical variations in outreach of information and communication technology and rural development in West Bengal, India

IF 1.1 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2022-12-27 DOI:10.1002/isd2.12261

Sandip Satpati, Kaushal Kumar Sharma

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The article investigates the Geographical variations in the outreach of information and communication technology (ICT) diffusion and its effects on rural development across 341 Community Development (CD) blocks of West Bengal. The study is based on secondary data. Secondary data has been collected from Districts Statistical Handbook, Primary Census Abstract, District Census Handbook, and Socio-Economic and Caste Census. The principal component analysis technique has been used for ICT diffusion index calculation. ArcMap 10.1 has been used for Mapmaking to understand the spatial intensity of the ICT index. The study finds that West Bengal falls within the least zone (0.07–0.18) of ICT diffusion in India due to multi-dimensional socio-economic factors. Only 35 CD blocks out of 341 are located in the high ICT diffusion zone (0.49–0.79) in West Bengal, which is 6.87 percent area to the total area. The study concluded that the higher the ICT diffusion higher is the rural development in West Bengal. The study recommends that the government invest more money in ICT in rural development.

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印度西孟加拉邦信息和通信技术推广与农村发展的地理差异

本文调查了西孟加拉邦341个社区发展区信息和通信技术推广的地理差异及其对农村发展的影响。该研究基于二次数据。二级数据来自《地区统计手册》、《初级人口普查摘要》、《地区人口普查手册》和《社会经济和种姓普查》。主成分分析技术已被用于信息和通信技术扩散指数的计算。ArcMap 10.1已用于地图制作，以了解ICT指数的空间强度。研究发现，由于多方面的社会经济因素，西孟加拉邦属于印度信息和通信技术传播的最小区域（0.07–0.18）。341个CD区块中只有35个位于西孟加拉邦的ICT高扩散区（0.49–0.79），占总面积的6.87%。该研究得出的结论是，信息和通信技术的传播程度越高，西孟加拉邦的农村发展就越高。该研究建议政府在农村发展的信息和通信技术方面投入更多资金。

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