While only a few years back transactions were primarily cash-based and digital modes of payments were simply unthinkable, now even people belonging to the lowest income group have a QR code. Since the launch of the Digital India initiative in 2015 by the Indian government, there has been a steep rise in the usage of digital platforms in India. From structuring a well-developed digital infrastructure, increasing the number of high-speed internet access, and making most government processes go digital to bagging the global top spot for 25.5 billion real-time financial transactions in 2020, we can say that India is one of the leading and fastest growing digital economies.
Particularly, some states of India have shown rapid growth and claimed themselves as digital states. Under the Digital India program, these states have made digital empowerment a reality by digitizing most services and providing the best digital infrastructure to the digital start-up ecosystem. Let us know about 5 of these digitally developed states in India.
Let’s take a look at the top 5 digitally developed states in India in 2023:
Karnataka
With Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, as its state capital, Karnataka deserves the first mention in the list of digital states. Bangalore proudly hosts the largest digital start-up ecosystem in the nation and is one of the leading preferences of entrepreneurial locations across the world. It is the primary target location of corporate and multinational companies in India. Bangalore has a wonderous and world-class IT infrastructure and thus is rightfully named the IT capital or IT backbone of India. If we talk about digital development then Karnataka is one state where it is happening month by month due to its digitally ambitious state capital.
Moreover, digitizing land records has been Karnataka’s highest achievement. The manual system of maintaining land records was not only laborious and involved several man-hours but it also made the related processes time-consuming and inefficient. Under the government initiative Bhoomi, the entire system of handling land records was digitized. Karnataka also has been ranked 8th due to its capital in Global Start-up Ecosystem Index.
Kerala
As they say, “God’s Own Country is Digital Now…” Digital Kerala has added to the digital achievements of the state which is said to be a pioneer in the sector. Kerala was declared the First Digital State of India by the then President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, due to its early initiatives for digital progress. Its key initiatives include,
- Broadband for all houses,
- IT for creating jobs,
- Boosting electronics manufacturing,
- eDistrict project as part of e-governance,
- Access to the right for everyone,
- E-services delivery through e-governance.
According to politician Oommen Chandy, Kerala is the only ‘complete digital state’ with 100 percent mobile density, the highest rate of digital banking, 75 percent e-literacy, and broadband connection spreading to the panchayat level.
Andhra Pradesh
The IT Policy 2021-2024 of Andhra Pradesh is all for accolades. It has set new boundaries for the digital development of India and has been observed to contribute largely to the digital economy of the nation. According to the current IT policy of Andhra Pradesh, the state will observe –
- Offering end-to-end support systems to digital start-ups. The support system includes plug-and-play office space, mentors, access to investors and funds, talent pool, venture capital, and others.
- Establishment of IT Emerging Technologies Research University in Vishakhapatnam.
- Application of emerging technologies through the university for the upliftment of the State.
- Set up digital libraries and workplaces at the gram panchayat level.
- Availability of prerequisites like printers and scanners, workstations, access to free knowledge databases, and others for enabling the concept of remote working.
The primary motive of this policy is to promote the concept of Digital India all over the nation and generate employment for the mass.
Gujarat
Gujarat has a reputation for being the most industrialized state in India and is a pioneer in handling exports. Apart from its substantial contributions to the national GDP, Gujarat has a major contribution towards Digital India. It is one of the states showing rapid digital growth and has its own start-up policies. Gujarat is the first state to have a digital village. Akodara, a village in Gujarat has become the first digital state of India with the implementation of various cashless transactions through net banking, SMS, or debit cards. It has its own website with more than 50 subscribers of high-speed broadband connectivity across 200-odd households.
Gujarat’s offering of an ‘array of government-to-citizen (G2C) services’ across 67,75,000 rural households is a commendable step through the optic fiber-connected network backbone of BharatNet. It has facilitated numerous start-ups in the sectors of electronics, information technology, and nanotechnology and aims for more. Gujarat government has put a focus on digital initiatives accounting for Rs. 261 crores for ICT education aiming to expose more than 84,000 students from 7th and 8th grades to smart classes.
Telangana
Successful in bringing home global firms like Amazon, Apple, Google, and Uber, Telangana has been contributing hugely to the digital economy of the nation. The young state has made digital history by taking several digital initiatives from water and fiber to every home, and e-marketplace for the government to create the most secure environment for government initiatives.
Digital Telangana is an ambitious program that has launched 100 e-panchayats run by women. ‘Internet for all’ is one of the primary aims of this initiative and provides 4G internet service to the entire state. From new e-services launched in endowment departments, emphasis on cyber security to computer education from class 6, Digital Telangana is all set to attain every feature of digitized states.
Conclusion
Well, a lot can be said on the debate that why India is still a ‘developing’ nation and not a ‘developed’ one, but let us just say that India is a determined nation with development up on her sleeves. The states mentioned above show us that India has a well-developed digital infrastructure and can be termed a ‘digitally developed’ nation.
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Note: This blog post was updated on March 2023.
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This is the most industrial state of in india and also most developed one of all formats in india
But kerala is most developed state in india.. Kerala is more than tamilnadu
I am from Patna . Go and learn economics did u know GDP rates . Tamilnadu leads Kerala in all tamilnadu has great infrastructures than Kerala
True – love from Tamil Nadu
Grow up bro, kerela is not developed unlike tamilnadu ana karnataka nly its literacy rate is high!
Kerala is best devolping state in india and 5 district from Karnataka will merge with kerala
Literacy rate is absolutely useless as it just shows how many people use signatures instead of thumbprint… Tamil Nadu is the most urbanised, most industrialised and has the highest gdp. The last one is disputed and Tamil Nadu is placed in second because it’s has a lot of its products handled in Delhi.
Don’t speak rubbish. We are not comparing Chennai and kochi. …in Kerala you don’t really find any typical village now like tamil nadu. Almost every 5 kilometres has got a hospital and a school and a mall and supermarket or restuarants or hotels. Unlike TN where development is only on highways not at all reached interiors
Ofcourse yes
Yes Kerala is so good in social indicators , but tamilnadu is good in both social and economical indicators and I love Kerala
Tamil Nadu and Kerala are both spoken same languages in the past, why do you want to fight between the states, every states has it’s own great and cultural heritage. May be not today Tamilnadu is in No.1, but for sure one day it will be the richest place in the country. And every states will be rich in India. Finally, it will be added as the Indian economy, so proud to be in an Indian Sub continent.
Kerala is the least developed in terms of Industrial, Business and other commercial areas. Kerala is one of the most advanced consumer state where every products and technologies are tried like guinea lab.
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Tamil nadu is one of the least developed state of india
TN is the pride of india i am proud to be an tamilan
What makes you think so? Our Tamilnadu is 2nd richest state of India,with high urbanisation rate, a Highly contributing state to India’s GDP (but gets nothing in return from centre).Just because we are not fair skinned,we don’t spend much,it doesn’t mean we are least developed.
Go check economy
If you look at language share of GDP then combined telugu state spots at 2nd place after Maharashtra. before telugu states bifurication andhra pradesh stood at 2nd after state divide GDP rankings were splitted. but by language telugu region contributes 23% to India’s GDP and 3rd is Tamil with 20% GDP. Telugu region is more developed than tamil region.
There are many Telugus in Tamilnadu too
It is better to stand as United Indians rather than fighting for individual region. After all when foreigners come and see they will say India not as south or north neither Tamil or Telugu region. Now Indians should rise up to develop other states that are lacking behind to grow up like Bihar. Indians should give considerations to these states too.
Please get to know something
Please don’t talk without knowing
Lol Tamil Nadu isn’t even in top 5 in terms of gdp per capita and tamil is most developed
I think you know to compare population and land mass
Recheck – TN is 2nd in GDP, apart from that TN is most developed interms all aspects
Can I know in what way it is not
Tamil Nadu ranks 2nd in GDP and Kerala is 10th – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_GDP
Tamilnadu is leading all development parameters irrespective of political matters, full credits goes to bureaucrats and successive governments.
It’s very astonishing that 40% of India’s economy has been made by Maharashtra
Yes, pune and mumbai are the business hub of Maharashtra. It is so interesting that pune is a district although it comes at 7th position by GDP In India.
Its wrong. Only Headquarters of corporates situated in Maharastra. Maharastra state lags behind in education/health/IMR/BR/happiness index/% of middle class population.
Yes Its 100% ture
Tamilnadu is all rounder in terms of infrastructure, entrepreneurship ,lliteracy rate , law and order there is nothing lacking in the state.
Tamil nadu is 2nd in education and also in richer so it is the ultimate developed state in India
True
I am from Tamilnadu, reasons of my God own land is best.
1. Tamilnadu is second most GDP rate in india 2. Literacy rate more than 80% 3. Top most Foreign and domestic tourist visits 4. Top most no.of cities in India by state 5. Good culture
Literacy okay,but according to UN GDP is not the concept that can be put forward for development.
Yep your are correct brother , but still tamilnadu is not the worst
Yes Tamil pride standing still with their own language
Not like other states
Tamilnadu has good infrastructure, economy, better than Kerala and TN is richest state also becoz of TN has leading state in that list
Tamilnadu is oldest city because tamil language is the 1st language in record.
Im from bangalore., Kerala is one of the least developed state in india and no infrastructure, but karnataka,andra, tamilnadu is well developed this is only developed states in south india
Kerala is also well developed state in India
Andhra had become a Hooligan state now because of the faction leadership with the current government. Not even one MP or Minister is capable enough to speak without looking at the paper. We are voting for such people. Even people who are voting also are seeing for money to vote. Shame on democracy.
I am from tamilnadu , Kerala is different, it does so good in social indicators which other states lack.
My opinion is tamil nadu. one of the best state in india also south indian states. Totally tamil nadu is all rounder state in india
Tamil nadu is the most developed state on many parameters(overall ranking) like industries/ share of GDP/ % of middle class population/ Education/ Infant mortality rate/ Birth rate/ happiness index …etc.,
Im telugu who lives in chennai and tamil nadu is by far the most developed state and ppl r very nice too.
Oh God !dont you all fight ….Kerala,Tamilnadu,Maharashtra,U.p,Harayana,Rajashthan,Goa,Telangana,Karnataka,Andhara Pradesh all are developed states…why are you all fighting no only Tamilnadu is developed state…plzz don,t fight…read information carefully..Maharashtra is most developed country…Tamilnadu people are telling that there state is most developed…plzz stop that ..I am not telling that I am from Maharashtra so I am telling that Maharashtra is developed state..plzz stop fighting we all are living in India so we all are proud to live in India and we are Indians ..so we all are proud to live in India …so be proud that we all are living in India …bus that muzh only I can telll…plzz stop….
just no…. tamil nadu is best in everything, have you ever heard about communism in kerala. search it up
and Maharashtra is not a country
no…. tamil nadu is best in everything
No one fighting you Buddhu!
Stop annoying!
Just read it again and how you consider a state a developed state, not country!
India is a country and Tamil Nadu is a state! You better learn that first!
Also learn that Tamil Nadu is indeed the most developed state in India. You cannot say that when you’re sitting in your burrows of Maharashtra! You must visit TN yourself. Only then will you know what you’re talking about!
You should know what is its transport system; you should know what is its education and how it is taught; you should know its Hospitals and who are eligible to pursue medicine; you should know the happiness index and why you guys from the north walk on foot all the way to TN to beg for a coolie job…: Only then will you realise what a developed state actually means!
In fact, people in TN say, you’re supposed compare them with Europe and the west, not with Indian states!
Go to school boy!
Dear friend,
Hope you are not matured to be an Indian. Who is not telling TN is a developed state.
Please grow.
Try to be Indian then a Tamil.
Vellore, chennai, madurai, coimbatore, ooty and the list just goes on, tamil nadu is best in economy (chennai) and tourism (ooty and every other city/town I mentioned)
Economy is good in madurai, coimbatore, vellore and ooty too. Chennai also is great for tourism
so Tamil Nadu 1 – Rest of India 0
you are csk fan too?
I am fan of all ipl team!
You say that all this is the most developed state of India, but it is your wrong thinking.
Come odisha and look odisha how much Odisha have developed.
Love from odisha
Why is UP in this list?
Ultimate bro
What’s wrong with Keralas development.our govt provide a best support in this pandemic condition… while Indian other state and central government fail to control…our govt control it’s best and reduce death rate.
Correct Proud to be a malayali…One of the best government High literacy…..More over than Women’s are safe here compare to other states… God’s Own Country
I am from Karnataka……Not so detailed one….. Seems no back record….. I think Tamilnadu is the developed state in India compared to any other states.
absolutely no, I am a traveler. a state’s development is not dependent on its GDP it has a lot of factors. population, health sector, literacy rate, Human Resources, Natural Resources, Political Freedom, and so on. from my point of view Kerala is far better than every state in India. I recognized it when I first reached Kerala they are well mannered and hygenic. hope every states be like kerala sooner
Correct Proud to be a malayali…One of the best government High literacy…..More over than Women’s are safe here compare to other states… God’s Own Country
It is surprising to see TN is so developed. As per my notion by watching South Indian movies I used to think it is only the place of the bearded hooligans with sickles in their hands. But seriously I was wrong. I think I should visit the state once. Proud of you Tamilians.
Dark skin and bearded men with sickle doesn’t mean they are not educated.the education inclination began way back in 1960s when the political leaders started meals in school to unaffordable people so they started going to school
Who is reading my comment.
Tamilnadu most development state in GER 46% TOP state infrastructure top ,automobile city,educational state,world first oldest language, safest state and etc …
East or west U. P is best
I have a question. Why is Wikipedia showing that Tamil Nadu has a unemployment rate of 28%? This should be the second worst unemployment rate in entire India after Haryana which has an unemployment rate of 29%. Any explanation? Just a genuine query. No hate!
due to covid , it is high now.
Tamilnadu is mostly manufacturing industries it can’t be done in home.
To verify this you can check previous year rate.
Isn’t delhi developed?
Tamil Nadu
The southern state is leading the chart of the most industrialised states with at least 37, 378 factories till 2013-2014. Whereas, the number of factories was just 14,617 in 1990-91. The industry has grown with the rate of more than 2.5 times over a period of 25 years.
Harshitha gowda frm (Karnataka)💛❤️ Karnataka is the place to tourism and we r vry famous with our culture and tradition💛❤️
What About West Bengal
Hands down. The best in india is one and only Maharashtra ❤ in all aspects.
Wow, I can’t believe I did not see Gujrat.
No state can be as developed as karnataka . Look at us, we welcome all outsiders regardless of their language … Look at our restaurants in Bangalore, Mysore, Shivamogga , Mangalore etc. We allow all languages, temples from Assam to kerala. We allow everyone to take employment… Kerala is not really developed, they don’t encourage any outsiders to come and settle. Forget jobs TN is better than kerala, so as Andhra friendly guys, castiests though …