Goa Govt to roll out free data scheme for youth today

[Sarkar]

Panaji: Chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar will roll out his ambitious plan to provide 100 minutes of free talktime and 3 GB of free data to youth on Monday. In an attempt to create a level playing field in technology in the state, the government has partnered with Vodafone India for the digital youth initiative to be known as Goa Yuva Samvad Yojan.

The agreement between the government and Vodafone stipulates that the cellular service provider has to provide SIM cards with 100 minutes of local voice calls and 3 GB of 3G data at a speed of 2Mbps for which the state will pay Rs 1 crore as monthly fees, sources said.

The proposal was announced by the CM in the 2016-17 state budget. Goa Electronics Limited, a government subsidiary, had floated a request for the proposal on October 5 to all major telecom companies to provide free data and talk time under the initiative to Goans in the 18-35 years of age bracket.

Govt to roll out free data scheme for youth today - ET Telecom

 

[Ritesh]

Wonder why they opting for private service provider. Although, good offer for the public.

 

[Sarkar]

Wonder why they opting for private service provider. Although, good offer for the public.

Because Public operator BSNL doesn't have the 3G/4G infrastructure. They were the first operator in our village to launch 2G way back in 2001. I took my SIM in Dec 2001 by paying Rs 999 at that time and required a monthly recharge of minimum Rs 221. Then in 2004-05 Airtel,vodafone came with their 2G. After that Airtel,Voda launch 3G way back in 2012 And it took BSNL 15 years to launch 3G in OCT 2016 with only 500 Kbps speed where as Airtel,vodafone is giving 8-10 Mbps.  

The Sarkari attitude is the main reason of the downfall of BSNL. If you are senior then you automatically qualified for promotion without doing any work. They give priority to seniority over performance of an employee in promotion which is totally wrong way to run a company :dodgy

 

[Ritesh]

Then by this step, Bsnl should learn. But then, who cares in Bsnl.
Even today, it is tough to connect to bsnl network in evening.

 

[Sourabhs20]

Really a great move by Goa government.