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The vision of developed India is to make all her citizens literate and it includes digital literacy as well. In general, most of the youth are already digitally literate but somehow, the population in the age group of 50 years and above has only partially achieved it. The reasons may be lack of resources, hesitation in adopting new practices, and fear of cyber frauds due to incomplete knowledge about the processes. Due to these reasons, their life still has not experienced the convenience of technology. Specifically, in the tough hilly terrains, far-flung areas, villages, and the places having the poor literacy rate, this problem is more severe. Digital literacy is an advantage for senior citizens particularly for those who live alone, live away from their children, grandchildren, family and have a desire to stay connected with the family and new world trends. Sometimes many of them live with mobility constraints but want to live independently in old age. They have to go unnecessarily from place to place, to do tasks, which they can do from their homes only, if they know about the appropriate usage of the technology. This book chapter deals with the opportunities and challenges for the digitally illiterate people; especially senior citizens in the usage of the digital technology for improving their life quality and helping them stay in the mainstream of society.
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Kaushik, A. (2022). The Usage of Technology by the Senior Citizens: Opportunities and Challenges. In: Choudhury, A., Singh, T.P., Biswas, A., Anand, M. (eds) Evolution of Digitized Societies Through Advanced Technologies. Advanced Technologies and Societal Change. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2984-7_7
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