Building more digital content in regional languages will give a major boost to India's bid to become a $1 trillion digital economy, Google India said here on 27 September.
"If we do not allow Internet to build local language elements, I think the story could go completely haywire. There are 400 million Internet users in India and out of those, 234 million are local language users. The number is expected to go to 536 million by 2021," Chetan Krishnaswamy, Country Head, Public Policy, Google, told reporters on the sidelines of the 'Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2017' here.
Google has been upbeat about India's digital economy. Earlier this month, the company launched "Tez" it's standalone digital payments app that can be downloaded on Android and iOS devices.
"Our belief is that by 2025, the digital economy would be able to hit $750 billion-1 trillion mark. It is not unattainable. Currently, the digital economy contributes to seven percent of the GDP and by 2025, it should be around 17 percent of the GDP," Krishnaswamy said.
According to a recent report from Google and KPMG India, Indian language users have overtaken the English language on the Internet in the country.