Lucknow: The Yogi govt of UP is offering unfastened drugs and smartphones to the formative years to glue era with schooling. Within the yr 2021-22 until March 31, 12,31,983 gadgets had been equipped. The state govt has given directions to offer the rest 5,38,017 drugs and smartphones in two months. Those unfastened drugs and smartphones can be dispensed to the eligible scholars. The Yogi govt goals to offer 20 million drugs and smartphones to the formative years within the subsequent 5 years. For this the federal government is ceaselessly making efforts.
Beneath this scheme, applied within the yr 2021-22, bids for two.5 million drugs and a pair of.5 million smartphones had been revealed at the GeM portal. The chosen supplying entities had dedicated to ship 7.20 lakh drugs and 10.50 lakh smartphones (overall 17.70 lakh gadgets) in 90 days, however most effective 12,31,983 gadgets had been delivered until March 31, 2022. On this regard, it’s been made up our minds within the assembly of the State Executive that underneath the scheme, for the yr 2021-22, a complete of 17.70 lakh centered and shriveled scholars who’re learning within the ultimate yr of the path or whose length of the path is multiple yr. The provision of five,38,017 gadgets closing after March 31, 2022 must be resumed in view of the pass-out. Together with this, directions had been given to offer inside 60 days.
For this, expenditure can be comprised of the funds of the monetary yr 2022-23. With a purpose to take care of the continuity of the scheme within the yr 2022-23, directions got to extend the contracts of the provider organizations by way of expanding the objective/shriveled amount by way of 25 % as according to the availability of the GeM portal. It was once additionally directed that by way of carrying out a marketplace survey of the charges of drugs and smartphones, it must be ensured that the charges of those gadgets have no longer fallen beneath the shriveled charges.