In another initiative to empower the youth of the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will commence the distribution of one crore free smartphones and tablets on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
On Saturday, one lakh smartphones and tablets will be given to final year students at Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
On the occasion, the chief minister will also launch Digi Shakti Portal and Digi Shakti Adhyayan App. Digi Shakti Adhyayan App is installed on all smartphones and tablets.
A large number of students, including girls from every district of the state, will participate in the programme. Through these smartphones and tablets, they will not only get content for studies, but also information related to employment.
As per the announcement made by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, free smartphones and tablets will be given to one crore youth in order to make them technically advanced. In the first phase on December 25, Yogi will distribute 60,000 smartphones and 40,000 tablets to the youth.
Through the Digi Shakti Adhyayan App, the university or department concerned will provide study material to the students. Along with this, information about employment related schemes and other such youth welfare schemes will also be given by the government through boot logo and wall paper.
The UP government is signing a contract with IT company Infosys. With this, over 3,900 programmes of Infosys related to education and employment will be available to the youth free of cost.
Special Secretary (IT and Electronics) Kumar Vineet said, “The government has made elaborate plans to empower the youths of Uttar Pradesh. Through smartphones and tablets, youth will be provided excellent content for studies, competitive examinations and employment with which they will be able to become self-reliant.”
In the first phase, free smartphones and tablets will be given to the youth of the state studying in the final year. After this, programmes will be organised and the smartphones and tablets will be distributed at the local level in the districts.
Those youths who have not been registered can be re-registered on Digi Shakti portal from December 25 onwards.