Internet shutdown during CAA protests results in huge revenue loss to the government
Tuesday - December 31, 2019 4:10 pm ,
Category : BUSINESS
Millions worth loss every minute due to Internet shutdown
Internet shutdown proves a big financial loss
DEC 31 (WTN) - In this era of technology, everyone has a mobile phone and performs his work through the Internet. Whenever you get the mobile phone discharged or the internet connection is closed, then you have to face trouble. According to research, due to the lack of internet on mobile, many people feel restless. By the way, almost every task has become dependent on the Internet and mobile network companies continue to provide Internet services seamlessly. But as you know from time to time, on the orders of the government, mobile network companies have to shut down the Internet. But have you ever considered how much loss the mobile network companies and the government have to suffer due to internet shutdown?
As you know, due to the imprudence of the opposition parties, there were violent protests by a select number of people across the country in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, due to which many state governments took action and as a precaution, to prevent the spread of rumors and misinformation through messages and social media in many places internet shutdown, let you know it means that internet service stopped in those places.
It has been observed that during the protests many times false and misleading news is spread, which can provoke violence and in such a situation, to prevent such news from spreading through the internet, the government takes the first step that internet service in that affected area closes. According to research, the most rumored spread through WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter. Let you know that these are used to incite people. Therefore, the government stops internet service in the affected area when the protests are violent or if there is a possibility of violence.
But for your information, let us know that by shutting down the Internet; that is, stopping Internet services, there is a big financial loss from the company providing the Internet service to the government. If you think that this financial loss does not happen much, then for your information, let you know that your thinking is completely wrong. According to a new report, due to internet shutdown, the companies providing internet service have a loss of about Rs 2.45 crore every hour, while the government also has to suffer big financial loss due to internet shutdown.
According to statistics, people of India use the most internet data in the whole world. For your information, let us know that Indian Internet users use 9.8 Gigabytes of Internet data every month, which is more than the Internet data used in any part of the whole world. For your information, let us know that since the launch of Reliance Jio, free calling and cheap internet data revolution started in the country, after which other mobile network companies also had to cut their tariff plans drastically. That is, due to the rapid smartphone sales in India due to free calling and cheap internet data, India became the most data-using country in the world.
In India, there has been an internet shutdown for nearly 16 thousand hours in the last 5 years due to fear of violence or protests due to some reason from time to time. Due to the internet shutdown, mobile networking companies and the government have lost about $ 3.04 billion, or about 21,584 crore rupees. It is clear from the data that the mobile network companies and the government have to incur considerable losses due to the shutdown of the internet, but if this deficit is not there, then many development projects can be started with the tax that earned from it.
DEC 31 (WTN) - In this era of technology, everyone has a mobile phone and performs his work through the Internet. Whenever you get the mobile phone discharged or the internet connection is closed, then you have to face trouble. According to research, due to the lack of internet on mobile, many people feel restless. By the way, almost every task has become dependent on the Internet and mobile network companies continue to provide Internet services seamlessly. But as you know from time to time, on the orders of the government, mobile network companies have to shut down the Internet. But have you ever considered how much loss the mobile network companies and the government have to suffer due to internet shutdown?
As you know, due to the imprudence of the opposition parties, there were violent protests by a select number of people across the country in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, due to which many state governments took action and as a precaution, to prevent the spread of rumors and misinformation through messages and social media in many places internet shutdown, let you know it means that internet service stopped in those places.
It has been observed that during the protests many times false and misleading news is spread, which can provoke violence and in such a situation, to prevent such news from spreading through the internet, the government takes the first step that internet service in that affected area closes. According to research, the most rumored spread through WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter. Let you know that these are used to incite people. Therefore, the government stops internet service in the affected area when the protests are violent or if there is a possibility of violence.
But for your information, let us know that by shutting down the Internet; that is, stopping Internet services, there is a big financial loss from the company providing the Internet service to the government. If you think that this financial loss does not happen much, then for your information, let you know that your thinking is completely wrong. According to a new report, due to internet shutdown, the companies providing internet service have a loss of about Rs 2.45 crore every hour, while the government also has to suffer big financial loss due to internet shutdown.
According to statistics, people of India use the most internet data in the whole world. For your information, let us know that Indian Internet users use 9.8 Gigabytes of Internet data every month, which is more than the Internet data used in any part of the whole world. For your information, let us know that since the launch of Reliance Jio, free calling and cheap internet data revolution started in the country, after which other mobile network companies also had to cut their tariff plans drastically. That is, due to the rapid smartphone sales in India due to free calling and cheap internet data, India became the most data-using country in the world.
In India, there has been an internet shutdown for nearly 16 thousand hours in the last 5 years due to fear of violence or protests due to some reason from time to time. Due to the internet shutdown, mobile networking companies and the government have lost about $ 3.04 billion, or about 21,584 crore rupees. It is clear from the data that the mobile network companies and the government have to incur considerable losses due to the shutdown of the internet, but if this deficit is not there, then many development projects can be started with the tax that earned from it.
