Digital India:

Digital India:

1. Mobile Subscriptions 📱
   
   

• Of the latest estimated 8.36 billion mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide, 1.78 billion are in China, followed by 1.14 billion in India and 372 million in the US.

2. Internet Traffic ☁️
   
   

• Saudi Arabia has the highest average monthly data traffic, at 35 GB, followed by Russia and India, with 18.4 GB and 16.9 GB, respectively.

3. 5G Deployment 📶
   
   

• India became the second largest market for 5G smartphones in the first of 2024, following China.

4. Digital Identity 🔍
   
   

• As of January 8, 2024, India has given out over 1.3 billion biometric IDs.

5. Digital Payments 💳
   
   

• Over 1644 billion digital transactions took place in India in FY 2023-24, the highest volume for a country.

6. ICT Service Exports ⚙️
   
   

• In 2023, India's ICT services exports, the second highest in the world, stood at USD 162 billion, behind Ireland, which was leading at USD 236 billion.

7. AI Projects 🔧
   
   

• India's contribution to GitHub for AI projects is the highest in the world, at 23%, followed by the US (14%).

8. Unicorns 🚀
   
   

• As of April 2024, the third largest number of homegrown unicorns by country were in India, following the US and China.