Four years of Modi: Digital India catches up, but cybersecurity a hurdle

The sixth and last part of the series on flagship programmes analyses how internet governance is making a difference.

Two years ago, applying for a government job from Ramghat, a small village in the Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh, was an arduous process. The applicant had to go to the capital Itanagar which is 20km away, find a cyber-café, download the application form, fill it in and submit it then and there.
 

Cut to 2018. Today, Ramghat not only has internet connectivity, but there is also an internet café set up by some enterprising villagers who bought a few computers from an e-commerce site. Now no one has to trudge to Itanagar to get work done online.

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