K'taka: 1.1L UG students to get free laptops soon

The state government will distribute free laptops to over 1.1 lakh undergraduate students from this academic year. The cabinet meeting here on Friday approved the scheme. This year, first- and second-year degree students will get them, and from next year, only first-year students will be eligible. “It’s to ensure that a student uses the laptop for three years,” rural development and panchayat raj minister Krishna Byregowda said after the cabinet meeting.

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