Free Laptop' to students was a poll-promise of the AIADMK aimed at effectively countering the Free Colour TV scheme of the previous DMK regime and launched with fanfare in September 2011, to coincide with the birth anniversary of Dravidian stalwart C. N. Annadurai
The schemed was launched on Sep 15, 2011 and the Govt. will distribute 9.12 lakh laptops this year and the balance in the next four years.
The state-owned ELCOT functions as the nodal agency and six vendors have been selected to supply the laptops. While Lenovo would provide 300000 units, HCL's share of the pie is 200000 while Wipro has got to supply 50000. The Kolkata-based RP Infosystems would provide 75000 units. The scheme is being implemented in phases.
From Dell to Lenovo, students started sporting trendy laptops, distributed free by the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu
Though of different brands, each laptop is equipped with a dual core processor with 2GB RAM, 120 Hard Disk with WiFi facility. The original cost of the product is approximately Rs.26000.
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