Comparing the NAMO e-tablets (New Avenues of Modern Education tablets) with ‘Sudarshan Chakra of lord Krishna’, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani suggested youngsters to face global completion by enhancing their knowledge base at a function on Sunday.
Rupani, who distributed NAMO e-tablets to students in four districts of Saurashtra region, including Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Porbandar and Devbhoomi Dwarka, said that the youth of Gujarat were increasingly becoming digital which would make the State proper through knowledge in coming days.
Reiterating to make college campuses across the State Wi-Fi, he said that along with the tablets, students would also be given free internet facilities. The Chief Minister further said that youngsters in the State would not be deprived of any chance.
‘’These tablets which are equipped with a number of features and facilities have been given to the youths at a cost of Rs 1000. The State Government has made a provision of Rs 200 crore for the same,’’ he said, adding that the Gujarat Government has a fast track decision to give employment to the youths of the State. As many as 80 thousand youths have been employed in Government and various other sectors through job fairs, he claimed.
Rupani expressed his pride for the nation by saying that there was a time when the preceding Governments had the opportunity to work for the welfare of the nation. However, they pursued their vested interests, he said, adding that since Narendra Modi took charge of the nation, the citizens have started feeling confident about the governance and they experience a feeling of pride for the nation. The time has come for the citizens to take the country on the path of the progress, he claimed
Giving details of the schemes implemented by his Government including the Seva Setu which was instrumental in solving queries of as many as 68 lakh people wherein the Government reached out to them to help them, he said that other sensitive decisions taken by the Government such as immediate electricity supply for farmers, meal for the workers in Rs 10, women empowerment and upliftment of the poor and the deprived.