PUBLIC OPINION ON IDEA OF DIGITALISING RURAL COMMUNITY

AUTHOR – THANGA SIVA. T, STUDENT AT SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, SIMATS & DR. D. VEZHAVENTHAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW, SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, SIMATS

BEST CITATION – THANGA SIVA. T & DR. D. VEZHAVENTHAN, PUBLIC OPINION ON IDEA OF DIGITALISING RURAL COMMUNITY, Indian Journal of Legal Review (IJLR), 3 (2) of 2023, Pg. 297-307, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

Abstract

Today’s basic amenity is digital connectivity. The main aim of the Digital India Programme is to expand the digital infrastructure to connect the entire country and provide a digital platform for banking, governance, healthcare and educational services. Smart Villages are places where rural communities are empowered and are taking the initiative to find solutions to the challenges they face. Digitisation can be a powerful force for change – as long as it is adapted to the rural context and implemented with the involvement of rural communities themselves. The research was conceded in the same areas around the villages surrounding Madurai, Chennai and Bangalore because these areas have a massive amount of villages from its nearby rural areas. Data was gathered by using online interview techniques so that correct and authentic information from the concerned people should be collected. This study, however, gives out some new findings regarding the idea of digitalising rural communities. The main route of information is gathered with the help of a set of questions through area research containing a set of questions that was designed according to Problems Faced by the Rural People Who seems it difficult to get used to the technologies. To save cost and time and to maintain the cooperation and goodwill of the respondents; the questions were kept simple and straight to the point.

Keywords : Rural, Urban, Technologies, Education, Old age people, Difficulty