A large number of users avail of this facility. The Internet is also very much an institutional arrangement in India. That means in an office one account will be used by a much greater number of persons. Internet has been put to very innovative uses in India. These examples clearly indicate that the Internet need not remain a toy for the rich or yet another additional source of information for a few elite members of the society.
Many people probably know the use of Internet for education.
Its use for better governance and development is probably not that well known. India has played a pioneering role in this regard. Two examples from India illustrate this point very succinctly. The first is the example of Gyandoot Intranet in Dhar district of the Madhya Pradesh State. Gyandoot, which means 'Messenger of Knowledge', is an Intranet has recently been created as a tool for better governance.