Smartphones tablets to be distributed among students from 2nd week of December UP govt
Lucknow Nov 30 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday said it will start distributing smartphones and tablets among youths of the state from the second week of December in pursuance to the announcement of Chief Minister Yogi AdityanathAround 25 lakh tablets and 5 lakh smartphones will be distributed in the first lot the government said in a statementA dedicated portal DG Shakti has been created for this and it will be launched soon by the chief minister it said adding trough this portal distribution of smartphones and tablets and content will be given to the students Apart from this information about smartphones and tablets will be given to the students from time to time on their mobile numbers and email IDsThe entire system from registration to delivery of smartphone and tablet is free it saidThe data of the students is being given to the university by the respective colleges and the data feeding of the students is being done at university level itself Till Monday data of about 27 lakh students was uploaded on the portal The process of data feeding of the rest of the students is also being expedited said the statementA tender to the tune of Rs 4700 crore has been floated by the government on the GeM portal for the purchase of smartphones and tablets the statement saidFinancial bids of eligible firms will be opened after technical scrutiny It is expected that the work order will be issued by the first week of December the statement saidThe move assumes significance as the Samajwadi Party has been accusing the BJP of honouring the poll promise of providing laptops and tablet computers to students only now saying that the chief minister Adityanath himself is unable to operate a laptopIf he Adityanath knew how to operate a laptop he would have distributed those earlier the SP chief said at a function held in an inter-college in Azamgarh his parliamentary constituency on October 29The BJP manifesto for the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls had stated that the students opting for further studies will be given laptops and tablet computers along with free data and Wi-Fi connections will be installed in those institutions Yadav saidThe BJP had written in its manifesto that it will give laptops to the children but those are not traceable I came to know through the newspapers today that it is going to distribute tablet computers I want to know from them which tablet they had been giving to these children for four-and-a-half years he askedIf the baba chief minister opens the laptop given by us he will come to know who is coming to power he said and took a jibe at Adityanath saying he will not do it because he does not know how to operate a laptop On October 23 Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had said that his government will begin the distribution of tablets and smartphones among the youth by November-endHe made the announcement while laying the foundation stone of a government medical college in Sultanpur PTI NAV TIR TIR
Lucknow Nov 30 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday said it will start distributing smartphones and tablets among youths of the state from the second week of December in pursuance to the announcement of Chief Minister Yogi AdityanathAround 25 lakh tablets and 5 lakh smartphones will be distributed in the first lot the government said in a statementA dedicated portal DG Shakti has been created for this and it will be launched soon by the chief minister it said adding trough this portal distribution of smartphones and tablets and content will be given to the students Apart from this information about smartphones and tablets will be given to the students from time to time on their mobile numbers and email IDsThe entire system from registration to delivery of smartphone and tablet is free it saidThe data of the students is being given to the university by the respective colleges and the data feeding of the students is being done at university level itself Till Monday data of about 27 lakh students was uploaded on the portal The process of data feeding of the rest of the students is also being expedited said the statementA tender to the tune of Rs 4700 crore has been floated by the government on the GeM portal for the purchase of smartphones and tablets the statement saidFinancial bids of eligible firms will be opened after technical scrutiny It is expected that the work order will be issued by the first week of December the statement saidThe move assumes significance as the Samajwadi Party has been accusing the BJP of honouring the poll promise of providing laptops and tablet computers to students only now saying that the chief minister Adityanath himself is unable to operate a laptopIf he Adityanath knew how to operate a laptop he would have distributed those earlier the SP chief said at a function held in an inter-college in Azamgarh his parliamentary constituency on October 29The BJP manifesto for the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls had stated that the students opting for further studies will be given laptops and tablet computers along with free data and Wi-Fi connections will be installed in those institutions Yadav saidThe BJP had written in its manifesto that it will give laptops to the children but those are not traceable I came to know through the newspapers today that it is going to distribute tablet computers I want to know from them which tablet they had been giving to these children for four-and-a-half years he askedIf the baba chief minister opens the laptop given by us he will come to know who is coming to power he said and took a jibe at Adityanath saying he will not do it because he does not know how to operate a laptop On October 23 Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had said that his government will begin the distribution of tablets and smartphones among the youth by November-endHe made the announcement while laying the foundation stone of a government medical college in Sultanpur PTI NAV TIR TIR
