{"id":353025,"date":"2025-03-25T05:32:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=353025"},"modified":"2025-03-25T05:32:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:02:46","slug":"govt-allocates-rs-750-crore-to-provide-free-laptops-to-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/govt-allocates-rs-750-crore-to-provide-free-laptops-to-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt allocates Rs 750 crore to provide free laptops to students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"457\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/03\/Delhi-CM-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/03\/Delhi-CM-1-1.jpg 457w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/03\/Delhi-CM-1-1-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/03\/Delhi-CM-1-1-271x420.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Photo: Naveen Bansal<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Delhi government has pledged to improve the education model in the national capital and announced that it will provide free laptops to the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing a budget session in Delhi assembly chief minister Rekha Gupta said that New \u2018CM Shri Schools\u2019 will be opened in the city for which the government has allocated Rs 100 crore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She further said, \u201cThe government will provide free laptops to 1,200 students passing class X for which the government has allocated Rs 750 crore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile the government has allocated Rs 6,874 crore for the health sector for setting up health and wellness centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government also plans to extend \u2018Ayushman Arogya Mandir\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gupta said the government had announced that Ayushman Bharat will be implemented in Delhi. Therefore, the central government had announced Rs 5 lakh insurance. \u201cThe Delhi will top up by another Rs 5 lakh,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition and former chief minister Atishi criticised the Rekha Gupta government for not presenting the Economic Survey a day before the tabling of its annual budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDelhi\u2019s Budget cannot be formed by making \u2018kheer\u2019 but on the figures of the economy,\u201d she said, taking a jibe at the BJP\u2019s \u201ckheer\u201d ceremony that marked the start of the Budget Session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gupta on Tuesday presented a Rs 1 lakh crore budget in the Assembly, up by 31.56 per cent from the previous Budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The budget has 10 key focus areas including infrastructure, development, water, women security, healthcare and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A general discussion on the Budget will be held after its tabling in the Assembly. The members of the Assembly will deliberate and vote on the proposed Budget on March 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the maiden budget of BJP after coming into power after 27 years, securing 48 seats in the Delhi assembly elections held on Feb 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi government has pledged to improve the education model in the national capital and announced that it will provide free laptops to the students. Addressing a budget session in Delhi assembly chief minister Rekha Gupta said that New \u2018CM Shri Schools\u2019 will be opened in the city for which the government has allocated Rs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":353026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2014],"tags":[19406,19408,16161,19162],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353027,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353025\/revisions\/353027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/353026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}