India nearly 1 billion people are still not on the network, but the number of Internet users in the world's third-Facebook, Zuckerberg, India-IT information

IT information news on May 11 after Facebook to India to introduce free Internet project on the ground be banned , aroused heated debate. India Internet penetration in China what is the case? Surprise, United States Science and technology news site CNET reported, although Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Narendra Modi) under the leadership of the India Government's continuing commitment to let more people use the Internet, but the reality is most people in the country are still in "off" State.

According to a new report from the World Bank, India's population of 1.3 billion (2014), there are still 1 billion people on the net. Data from the report, we should also be, India Government departments of high Internet penetration rate, but in small and medium enterprises in the Internet has become a rare thing. Facebook wants India to introduce free Internet Free Basics, it was banned, India believed that Facebook violates net neutrality principles.

Not so a large number of Internet does not mean that India Government did not make an effort. In 2011, India launched a national fibre-optic network scheme, providing broadband access for more than 200,000 villages in the country.

But although India there is no network available on most Internet users, but due to the large population base, the total number of Internet users in the country is still ranked third in the world, after the United States and China.

印度仍有近10亿人没网可上，但网民数量世界第三 - Facebook,扎克伯格,印度 - IT资讯

IT资讯讯 5月11日消息，此前Facebook向印度引入免费互联网项目在当地被禁止，引起业界热议。那么印度本国内互联网普及程度究竟如何呢？事实让人吃惊，据美国科技资讯网站CNET报道，虽然在总理纳伦德拉·莫迪(Narendra Modi)领导下的印度政府不断致力于让更多国民用上互联网，但实际情况却是该国大部分民众仍处于“离线”状态。

世界银行的最新报告显示，在印度的13亿人口中（2014年数据），依然有10亿人口无网可上。从报告中的数据我们还可得出，印度的政府部门互联网渗透率很高，但在中小企业中互联网就成了稀罕事。此前Facebook希望向印度引入免费互联网项目Free Basics，却遭到当局禁止，印度方面认为Facebook此举违反了网络中立原则。

未能上网的人数如此之多并不意味着印度政府在这一方面没有付出努力。2011年，印度推出国家光纤网络计划，为该国逾20万个村庄提供宽带接入。

但是，虽然印度绝大多数网民目前还没有网可上，但由于人口基数大，目前该国网民总数仍然位居世界第三，仅次于美国和中国。