Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday distributed free laptops to nearly 5,000 engineering students of Raipur district in a programme organised at Indoor Stadium near Budha Talab in the city. In his address, Singh said that laptop is such a device that connects people and students to the world of Information Technology through internet. It is an important link between students and IT world. Having a laptop is no more a fashion among youngsters, it is rather a basic tool for accessing vast store of knowledge. In the programme organised today, laptops were distributed to four thousand 800 final year students of 19 engineering colleges, under Chhattisgarh Yuva Soochna Kranti Yojana, he said.
Singh said that Chhattisgarh Government has initiated Chhattisgarh Yuva Soochna Kranti Yojana for empowering youth of the State with Information Technology, so that they can fully utilize their knowledge and talent to make constructive contribution to the world. On the occasion, the Chief Minister also congratulated the students benefited under Chhattisgarh Yuva Soochna Kranti Yojana.
The programme was presided over by Agriculture and Water Resource Minister Brijmohan Agrawal. MlAs Shrichand Sundrani and Naveen Markandey, RMC Speaker Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Brijmohan Agrawal said that in Chhattisgarh, use of information technology is not confined to cities and colleges, rather it has expanded to rural areas of state, where the power of information technology is being utilised for development. He added that Gram Panchayats of state have been awarded for better utilisation of IT. CHiPS CEO Saurabh Kumar informed that the laptops distributed under Chhattisgarh Yuva Soochna Kranti Yojana are of high quality. It has Quad Core Processor with 2GB RAM. laptop has hard disk of 500 GB, Windows 8.1 Operating System and 15.5 screen size.