Indian state of Tamil Nadu gives laptops to children

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Authorities in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are to start handing out the first of an estimated 6.8 million free laptops to schoolchildren.

All children in government-funded secondary schools and colleges will be eligible for one.

The five-year programme is the first of its kind in India.

The laptops are part of a huge giveaway promised by ministers during elections earlier this year.

Supporters of the scheme say it will help disadvantaged children whose parents cannot afford a computer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14925510

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