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Chhattisgarh government earmarks Rs 5.2 billion for mobile scheme

Plans to distribute 4.4 million handsets free by May 2019

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh speaking at Business Standard Chhattisgarh Round Table 2017
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh speaking at Business Standard Chhattisgarh Round Table 2017

R Krishna Das Raipur
Chhattisgarh government has made a provision of Rs 5.2 billion in the state budget 2018-19 for the execution of Sanchar Kranti Yojana (SKY).

Under the scheme, the state government has aimed to distribute free smartphones to 4.4 million beneficiaries. The eligible beneficiaries include the rural population, people living below poverty line in urban areas and regular college students.

The Department of Panchayat and Rural Development would select the beneficiaries in rural areas while the urban development department would list out the eligible people in the urban pockets. The Department of Higher Education would execute the scheme in colleges.

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