India
General Country Information
Capital: New Delhi
Population: 1,129,866,154 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Federal Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 49.75 million (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 69.193 million (2006)
Internet hosts: 1.543 million (2006)
Internet users: 60 million (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: .31
World Rank 2005/2006: 124
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
All India Federation of the Deaf
none
Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust (AJCT)
amarjoti@del2.vsnl.net.in
Association of People with Disability
none
Disability India Network (DIN)
contact@disabilityindia.org
Mobility India
e-mail@mobility-india.org
National Association for the Blind (NAB)
nab@vsnl.com
National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People's (NCPEPD)
none
Rehabilitation Coordination-India
thpihyd@hotmail.com
Rehabilitation India
ricbr.jsr@rmy.springtrpg.ems.vsnl.net.in