New Delhi, The cost of 1 GB of data plunged by 97 per cent to around Rs 8-10 from Rs 269 in 2014, which led to an increase in internet usage in rural areas and opened a new world of opportunities for the people, an official document on 12 years of the Modi government said on Wednesday.
The country, in the last 12 years, has seen around a four-fold surge in internet users to 103 crore up to December 2025 from around 25 crore subscribers in 2014. Meanwhile, broadband connections have jumped by about 17 times to nearly 100 crore from six crore during the same period.
