New Delhi: Almost all folks inside the age institution of 15-29 years are capable of using a unified price interface (UPI) to perform online banking transactions using cell handsets, in step with a survey.

“Some of the individuals in the age group 15-29 years who said they had the capacity to perform online banking transactions, approximately 99.5 percent of men and women pronounced to have the capacity to perform online banking transactions through UPI,” highlighted the comprehensive Modular Survey: Telecom, 2025, released by the Ministry of Information on Thursday.

The various individuals inside the age organization 15-29 years, approximately ninety-seven.1 percent, consistent with the humans mentioned, used a cellular phone (along with smartphones) over the last three months from the date of the survey. In rural regions, approximately 96.8 percent of people inside the age organization 15-29 years used cell telephones at least once over the past 3 months for making personal calls and/or getting access to the net, it stated.

The usage of cellular phones is estimated at ninety seven.6 per percent in city regions. Within the age organization of 15-29 years, around 95.5 percent of humans have a personal telephone among those humans who own a cell phone (along with a telephone) in rural regions. In urban areas, about ninety-seven point six percent of individuals have a personal telephone within the same age institution.

In rural regions, approximately 92.7 percent of individuals in the age group 15-29 years used the internet at least once during the last 3 months, the survey highlighted, adding that, whereas, in city areas, about 95.7 percent of persons of the identical age group used the internet.

In line with the look at india, about eighty-five point five percent of families possessed at least one telephone. Around 86.3% of households in india have access to the internet in the family premises.

As part of the 80th round of the countrywide sample survey (NSS), the comprehensive Modular Survey: Telecom (CMS: T) was performed from january to march 2025. This initiative marks a sizable step by means of the National Facts office (NSO) in the direction of imposing quick-period, focused surveys. The entire quantity of households surveyed turned into 34,950 (19,071 in rural regions and 15,879 in city regions), and the whole wide variety of folks enumerated was 142,065 (82,573 in rural areas and 59,492 in city regions).

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