Only 12 per cent Indians over 15 years are computer literate: CESS study

HYDERABAD: A latest study by the Centre For Economic and Social Studies (CESS) found that, on an average, only 12% of individuals over 15 years of age in India are computer literate or possess information and communication technologies (ICT) skills.

The study titled ‘Inequalities in Computer Literacy in India’, by Prof Chakradhar Jadhav, assistant professor in the Department of Economics at CESS and Prof Prashant Kumar Choudhary from the Department of Public Policy at Manipal Academy of Higher Education revealed that while 15.6% of Indians can send emails with attachments, only 1.4% can write a computer programme using a specialised programming language.