Latest News On Free Laptop Distribution in UP
Free Laptop Distribution in UP LUCKNOW: Nearly four months after the Samajwadi Party government started distributing free laptops to students in line with Akhilesh Yadav's poll promise, over 4.4 lakh devices worth over Rs 830 crore still lie in government godowns exposed to dirt and rain water as the chief minister struggles to get time to distribute them himself. The chief minister has so far been able to distribute only 79000 laptops to students — a dream that was part of his 2011 election promise. But seepage of rainwater into a godown in Lakhimpur Kheri last month, damaging 75 laptops, prompted the officials to get into a huddle to discuss storage and expedite distribution. Lack of storage space in districts and tehsils is a major concern, say government sources. "After the government tied up with Hewlett-Packard to supply laptops, the manufacturer was given a seven-month distribution period in which the computers had to be supplied. Their rate ...