India’s digital economy set to overtake agriculture, mfg by 2030: MeitY

India’s digital economy is poised to grow nearly twice as fast as the overall economy, contributing nearly one-fifth of the country’s national income by 2029-2030, according to a report by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

The report, titled ‘Estimation and Measurement of India’s Digital Economy’, released on January 22, is the first of its kind to quantify the value addition and employment generated by India’s burgeoning digital sector.