India Launches World's Cheapest Tablet PC

New Delhi, Oct 5: The world’s cheapest tablet PC, costing Rs 2,276, was launched today and it will be available at around half this price to students as part of government’s programme to expand education through information technology.

The tablet PC, named Aakash, will cost the government Rs 2,276. It will be given to students after subsidising the price by up to 50 per cent, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said today while unveiling the 7-inch touchscreen device here.

“The price includes taxes and cost of transportation. The government will provide subsidy of 50 per cent to institutes buying it. It will cost around Rs 1,100-Rs 1,200 to institutes,” he said.

The government has also set an ambitious target of bringing down the cost of such device to as low as USD 10 (around Rs 500), the minister said.

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