Rise in access to telecommunications

Shows fixed and mobile subscriptions per 100 people

Data for the last ten years (2013 onwards) is taken from TRAI, and is as of March for the given year. Data from 1960 to 2012 is from the World Bank. Data for 1947 is based on a PIB statement about telecommunication assets at the time of partition, and uses population estimates for the same year.
Source: World Bank, TRAI, PIB, Business Standard calculations
Business Standard