Editing Internet café (section)

===India===
In [[India]], Internet cafés used by traveling people and business are declining since the arrival of widespread mobile Internet usage. A set of other services are also offered, such as printing of documents or webpages. Operators also help computer illiterates through some government processes (as a part of e-governance in India ). Low speed of mobile Internet and these services offered by Internet cafés help its survival. In India a positive government ID is compulsory for Internet café users in most states.

In 2008, there were 180,000 cyber cafes in India but by 2017, it declined to 50,000, one of primary reasons for decline was rules of [[Information Technology Act, 2000|IT Act]], which caused licensing issues and other restrictions.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Harsimran|title=Growth of cyber cafes declining sharply|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/growth-of-cyber-cafes-declining-sharply/articleshow/3233831.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=www.ETtech.com|title=The last cyber cafes of India - ETtech|url=https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/technology/the-last-cyber-cafes-of-india/61208031|access-date=2020-09-11|newspaper=The Economic Times|language=en}}</ref>