{"id":355831,"date":"2026-02-11T15:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=355831"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:21:09","slug":"network-readiness-index-report-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/network-readiness-index-report-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Readiness Index Report 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>India has improved its ranking in the Network Readiness Index (NRI) 2025, moving up four places to secure the 45th position globally.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"423\">About Network Readiness Index (NRI)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It assesses how prepared countries are to leverage <strong data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"566\">information and communication technologies (ICTs)<\/strong> for development and competitiveness.<\/li>\n<li>It evaluates <strong data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"638\">127 economies<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The index is prepared by the <strong data-start=\"673\" data-end=\"696\">Portulans Institute<\/strong> (Washington DC).<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"739\"><strong>Methodology: <\/strong>The NRI evaluates countries based on <strong data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"795\">53 indicators<\/strong>, grouped under <strong data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"827\">four pillars<\/strong>: <strong data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"847\">Technology, <\/strong><strong data-start=\"853\" data-end=\"863\">People, <\/strong><strong data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"883\">Governance and <\/strong><strong data-start=\"889\" data-end=\"899\">Impact.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"147\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"18\">India\u2019s Score:<\/strong> India increased its overall score from <strong data-start=\"58\" data-end=\"92\">53.63 in 2024 to 54.43 in 2025<\/strong>, reflecting steady improvement in digital readiness.<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"171\">Global Leadership:<\/strong> India secured the <strong data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"211\">1st rank globally<\/strong> in indicators such as <strong>annual investment in telecommunication services, AI scientific publications, ICT services exports<\/strong>, and <strong>e-commerce legislation<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"603\">India achieved <strong data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"391\">2nd rank<\/strong> in <strong>Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH)\/building internet subscriptions, mobile broadband internet traffic<\/strong>, and <strong>international internet bandwidth<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"542\">3rd rank<\/strong> in domestic market scale and income inequality indicators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"605\" data-end=\"819\"><strong data-start=\"605\" data-end=\"634\">Income Group Performance:<\/strong> Among lower-middle-income countries, India stands at <strong data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"720\">2nd position (after Vietnam)<\/strong> and has performed better than expected relative to its income level in terms of network readiness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India has improved its ranking in the Network Readiness Index (NRI) 2025, moving up four places to secure the 45th position globally. About Network Readiness Index (NRI) It assesses how prepared countries are to leverage information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development and competitiveness. It evaluates 127 economies. 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