According to the latest report by Internet and Mobile Association of India, the number of people from rural regions accessing internet rose 73 per cent in the last two years.
The report, 'Internet in Rural India', prepared by IAMAI and the Indian Market Research Bureau, states rural India has 38 million claimed internet users and 31 million active Internet users.
Active users are those who access internet at least once a month, while claimed users are those who have used internet at least once in their lifetime.
The report stated the number of claimed internet users in rural India was expected to touch 45 million by December. The number of such users in December 2011 stood at 30 million, while in December 2010, it was 15
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