Network Readiness Index Report 2025:
India has improved its digital readiness by four ranks to 45th position in the Network Readiness Index (NRI) 2025, released by the Portulans Institute, a non-profit research institute based in Washington, DC.The index maps the network-based readiness of 127 economies across 53 indicators grouped under four pillars: Technology, People, Governance, and Impact.India improved its overall score from 53.63 in 2024 to 54.43 in 2025.India ranked 1st globally on key indicators such as annual investment in telecommunication services, AI scientific publications, ICT services exports, and e-commerce legislation. India secured 2nd rank on indicators including Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH)/building internet subscriptions, mobile broadband internet traffic, and international internet bandwidth, and 3rd rank on indicators related to domestic market scale and income inequality.India is ranked 2nd among lower-middle-income countries, after Vietnam, performing better than expected in network readiness relative to its income level.
