Chhattisgarh govt to give free mobile phones to over 5.5 mn people
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has planned to give free mobile phones to over 5.5 million people within two-and-a-half-years in the state. Under the Chhattisgarh Communication Revolution Scheme (SKY), the highest priority of Chief Minister Raman Singh, a plan of Rs 230 crore has been prepared in order to provide free mobile phones to 5,560,000 people within two-and-a-half-years in the state. Out of this, 5,080,000 beneficiaries will be distributed mobile phones in the current financial year 2017-18 and the next financial year 2018-19. These will include 5,100,000 students of technical and non-technical colleges, including 4,010,000 rural beneficiaries and 560,000 urban poor. In the first phase, it is estimated to cost Rs 1,128 crore.
The remaining 480,000 families will be given mobile phones in the financial year 2019-20, which will cost an estimated Rs 102 crore.