The Web Index Assignment

Web metrix analysis of India
Contents
Web metrix analysis of India............................................................................................... 1
1.1 Overview of web Index and focus country.................................................................1
1.2 Presentation and analysis of data............................................................................. 2
1.2.1 Universal Access.......................................................................................... 2
1.2.2 Freedom and openness................................................................................... 9
1.2.3 Relevant content......................................................................................... 12
1.2.4 Empowerment............................................................................................ 14
1.3 Evaluation and recommendations..........................................................................16
References list........................................................................................................... 18
Web metrix analysis of India............................................................................................... 1
1.1 Overview of web Index and focus country.................................................................1
1.2 Presentation and analysis of data............................................................................. 2
1.2.1 Universal Access.......................................................................................... 2
1.2.2 Freedom and openness................................................................................... 7
1.2.3 Relevant content........................................................................................... 9
1.2.4 Empowerment............................................................................................ 11
1.3 Evaluation and recommendations..........................................................................12
References list........................................................................................................... 14
1.1 Overview of web Index and focus country
Web index was introduced by World Wide Web Foundation in 2012. The main aim of this index
is to examine the impact of web on the economical, political and social progress of countries. In
2012 report of web index data for 86 countries were analyzed and ranking was provided for each

country. There are four major areas on the basis of which the ranking of a country is calculated.
This includes area of access, relevant content, empowerment and freedom and openness. There
are various sub-sections under each of these points. The web index is prepared taking into
consideration both the primary and secondary data. The primary data is derived from assessment
of the expert researchers which are mostly evidence based(World Wide Web Foudation, 2015).
For the current research report, India has been selected as a focus country. It is third largest
economy in Asia and one of the fastest growing economies across the world (Pradipbhai, 2013;
The Global Economy, 2015). Even though the country is growing at rapid rate, there are many
serious economic and social problems (UNDP, 2015). The percentage of people living below the
poverty line is one of the highest in this region(The World Bank Group, 2016). Also the country
lacks far behind in terms of human development index (HDI). Other problems include
inadequate infrastructure, unemployment, high infant mortality rate etc (Panagariya & Mukim,
2013). Since India has one of the largest population around the world, the use of web can have
significant impact on its social and political economy (Web Index, 2013). So it has been selected
as focus country for the current research. Performance of India on the different parameters of
Web Index has been discussed below.
1.2 Presentation and analysis of data
1.2.1 Universal Access
One of the Web-Index used is the universal access, which is used to measure the investment in
internet infrastructure, skill development and education by a county which will help its citizen to

use web. The universal access of India has been measured in terms of three different sub-index
namely the communication infrastructure, accessibility and affordability and education and
awareness (World Wide Web Foudation, 2015).
Communication infrastructure
Communication infrastructure has been measured in terms of secure internet servers per million
populations in India. As shown in the figure below the proportion of population using secure
internet is continuously increasing over the period of time (TRAI, 2015). However as compared
to the global mean of 374.92, India’s performance is not good. Even though it is the best
performer among the South Asian nation, it is ranked 48 out of 86 countries included in the Web
Index.
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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Secure Internet Servers per million
population
Secure Internet Servers per million population
Figure 1 Secure internet server per million populations in India

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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Secure internet users
India
Korea
Figure 2 Comparison between India and South Korea in terms of secure internet server per
million population
Similarly the communication infrastructure has been measured in terms IXPs, which shows
whether the country has internet exchange point (IXP). Content Networks and internet service
providers use IXP to exchange the internet traffic (Singhal, Khatri, & Jha, 2014). In case of Web-
Index, if the country has IXP it was coded as 1, otherwise 0. So, as shown in the figure below, all
the values for India since 2007 are 1. This indicates that the India has IXP to provide internet
services to its citizens.
The best performing country in terms of communication infrastructure is South Korea, whereas
the worst performing country is Myanmar.