The entire system from registration to delivery of smartphones and tablets will be free. (Representational image: Pexels)
The companies selected in the tender will have to supply at least 2.5 lakh tablets in the first lot.
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The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing to distribute free smartphones and laptops to the students from the second week of December. For this a dedicated portal ‘DG Shakti’ has been created which will soon be launched by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Smartphones and tablets and materials will be distributed to the students through this portal. Apart from this, from time to time, the information of smartphones and tablets will be given to the students on their mobile number and mail id.
As a relief to the students, they do not need to register anywhere to get free smartphones and tablets. The entire system from registration to smartphone and tablet delivery will be free.
The data of the students is being given by the colleges to the university and the data feeding of the students is being done at the university level itself. Till Monday, the data of about 27 lakh students has been uploaded on the portal. The process of data feeding of other students is also being expedited.
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The biggest ever tender of Rs 4,700 crore has been floated by the government on GeM portal for the purchase of smartphones and tablets. Several reputed companies have put out tenders for smartphones and tablets which are in the finalization stage.
Financial 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 companies selected in the tender will have to supply at least 2.5 lakh tablets in the first lot. The companies selected for the smartphone will have to supply at least five lakh smartphones in the first lot.
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