Madhav AgarwalAIR 16 · CSE 2024 · 144 wordsTheir whole copy
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In the age of Industry 4.0, the Indian society has been affected by technology in multiple ways.
Positive impact of technology:
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(i) Health Benefits: Through access to affordable generic medicines, vaccines (COVAXIN) during COVID, etc.
(ii) Education: greater reach through e-technology tele-education
(iii) Integration with global society: Through social media, information technology.
(iv) Modernisation & Westernization
(v) Spread of local culture: eg. community radios, local language conversion, spread of yoga.
Negative impacts of technology :
(i) Imbalanced growth due to digital divide
(eg): NFHS-4 30% women have access to internet
(ii) "Social Re-engineering" - Through social media.
(iii) Consumerism boosted by credit cards, door step delivery by e-commerce.
(iv) Surveillance by state and non-state actors invading Privacy (Article 21).
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The need of the hour is 'adoption of digital hygiene, access of technology to all as well as regulations to use technology as an ENABLER".