Email still ahead of social networking in India New Delhi: Facebook, Twitter might be flavour of the season, but email remains more popular than social media as a method of Internet communication for Indians, says a survey.

According to global research firm Ipsos, 68 per cent of people across India, who are connected online, send and receive emails while about 60 per cent communicate via social networking sites.

"Internet penetration in India has been very good in recent years, however, relative to country like China, India still does lack behind," Biswarup Banerjee, Head of Marketing & Communications, Ipsos in India said.

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