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Home / News / Business News / Last year, India lost over $1.3 billion from internet shutdowns
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    Last year, India lost over $1.3 billion from internet shutdowns

    Shubham Sharma
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    Last updated on Jan 11, 2020, 06:51 pm
    Last year, India lost over $1.3 billion from internet shutdowns
  • The problem of internet shutdowns has grown worse over the years, affecting both businesses and households alike.

    Delving further into the seriousness of the situation, a new report has revealed that internet blackouts conducted in 2019 alone have cost more than $1.3 billion to the Indian economy.

    Here's all you need to know about it.

  • In this article
    India among worst-hit countries Regions affected by internet shutdowns How they calculated the economic impact? Actual impact could be even more Shutdowns during civil unrest Maintaining 'law and order' and 'national security' are main reasons Kashmir still remains dark, as we speak
  • Report

    India among worst-hit countries

    India among worst-hit countries
  • According to a detailed economic analysis conducted by UK-based tech research firm Top10Vpn, India is the third worst-hit country from internet shutdowns.

    In 2019, different parts of the country witnessed 4,196 hours of internet blackout, which affected as many as 8.4 million people and cost the economy a whopping $1.329 billion.

    Only Iran and Sudan were hit worse than this.

  • Information

    Regions affected by internet shutdowns

  • The regions in India that were affected by internet shutdowns were Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tripura, and Uttar Pradesh.

  • Details

    How they calculated the economic impact?

    How they calculated the economic impact?
  • Top10Vpn's researchers calculated the economic impact of internet disruption and data blackout in India by collating region-wide instances, their duration and feeding that data into the Cost of Shutdown Tool.

    The program, developed by NGO Netblocks and The Internet Society, predicts the cost of shutdown for a given period by using the indicators from the World Bank, ITU, Eurostat, and the US Census.

  • Fact

    Actual impact could be even more

  • While $1.3 billion worth of loss is scary in itself, the researchers say that the actual amount lost from internet shutdowns in India could be even more.

    This is because they only considered national and region-specific shutdowns to get to this estimate, not the highly-targeted, district-level ones - like those carried out in parts of Delhi a few weeks ago.

  • Trend

    Shutdowns during civil unrest

  • The folks at Top10Vpn also noted that the internet shutdowns were mostly witnessed "in response to protests or civil unrest" as governments looked to restrict the flow of information.

    This was seen in India, as many cases of shutdowns were reported during critical times like nation-wide protests against Citizenship Amendment Act, revocation of Article 370, and the SC's verdict on the long-disputed Ayodhya case.

  • Reasons

    Maintaining 'law and order' and 'national security' are main reasons

  • Meanwhile, the Indian government has justified cutting the internet on the grounds of maintaining "law and order" and "national security" or "preventing the spread of misinformation."

    This kind of control has raised concerns among Indians as it keeps them from voicing their opinions, effectively stripping away their freedom of speech as well as the right to information.

  • Kashmir

    Kashmir still remains dark, as we speak

    Kashmir still remains dark, as we speak
  • Having said that, it is worth noting that the region of Kashmir still has no internet.

    It witnessed intermittent shutdowns in the first half of 2019 before losing complete access to the web following the government's decision to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution, stripping the region of its autonomy.

    This has been the longest-ever internet shutdown imposed in a democracy.

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