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Government is keen to take Aakash tablet to the people at a cost of Rs 1,500 apiece, Telecom and IT minister KapilSibal said today.
"I asked Rajat Moona (director general, C-DAC) to help us in Aakash. Let us take that Aakash to the people of this country for a sum of Rs 1,500. Each student must have a Aakash in his/her hand so that they can see the world with it," Sibal said at a function here.
At present, the government purchases the device from Datawind, the maker of Aakash tablet PC, at Rs 2,263 apiece. The government will distribute the tablet to students at subsidised rate of Rs 1,130 apiece.
Sibal said that there is need to gain expertise in providing cutting-edge technology at affordable prices to people, and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) should work towards developing such technologies.
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