ROLE OF CELLULAR PHONE IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

Abstract

According to Census report 2011 nearly 70 per cent of the India’s population lives in rural areas. Out of 121 crore population, 83.3 crore live in rural areas while 37.7 crore stay in urban areas. Development of rural people will only lead to the real development of India. Nowadays cellular phone is playing a vital role in solving people problems like monitoring of crops, reaching out to potential markets, from last mile delivery of government and private
services to addressing domestic violence issues ingeniously, mobile phones are being used in a host of ways to uplift and empower rural India. Think for a need you will have an app for that need. The smartphones are loaded with the apps. The apps plays very important role in helping rural and urban people.