Indians' methods of communication and information access are evolving, and both the rural and urban populations of the nation are affected. India currently has over 700 million smartphone users, and by 2025, that figure is expected to have risen to about a billion. The digital services provided as a component of the smartphone ecosystem grow in popularity as smartphones are used more often across the nation.

The new teaching and learning environment brought on by the 2019–20 Coronavirus pandemic served as proof of the altering ecology. The pandemic required both teachers and students to adjust to virtual learning, and it also required teachers to make themselves and their curriculum smartphone ready.

India is a vast, multilingual, and culturally diverse nation. There are 19,569 mother tongues spoken in India, according to participants in the 2011 Census. It goes without saying that following closer examination, this figure was lowered to 1369 mother tongues and 1474 'unclassified' mother tongues. While some of these cultures and languages are flourishing and fairly widely known, many others struggle to persist for another generation amid the country's nooks and crannies. However, it is observed that there are very few instances where people have voluntarily abandoned their language. People are believed to be deeply committed to their own languages and cultures in any situation.

A person's 'confidence' in information delivered in her mother tongue has long been acknowledged by the corporate sector. Consumer behavior research has indicated that people are more likely to believe information that is presented to them in their mother tongue. Internet users in India make up about 68% of those who believe that localized digital material is more trustworthy. As a result, localization and multilingualism are universally regarded to be important in trade and commerce. At the end of the day, though, the real question is whether the business sector will treat all languages equally and favor them.

Given the situation in India, the development of language technology is further complicated by the country's significant linguistic diversity and the fact that too little is known about these languages. The official language reports in India, which categorize languages into different groups including scheduled, non-scheduled, and mother tongues, themselves provide a barrier to the consistent advancement of language technology across all Indian languages. Funds for the development of language technologies are frequently provided for the scheduled languages, whilst the non-scheduled languages and mother tongues are frequently left unfunded.

History can attest to the fact that any technology without careful planning and implementation may be harmful to some members of the community. Language technology may not be able to eradicate minority languages, but it can bring them dangerously close to extinction. Members of these groups will not be able to receive important information on health, education, and civil and legal rights in their native language as a result of this marginalization. In many cases, community-level activities supported by policy-level decisions may be the only means by which these languages might remain relevant in the digital era without being digitally marginalized.