Tripura govt to contribute Smartphone to graduation students - Provides Rs 5,000 to 14,608 students

The BJP-led Tripura government has decided to provide financial aid to purchase smartphone to the students pursuing graduate courses, Education and Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath said here on Wednesday.

The Minister said that to fulfil the pre-poll promise given by the Bharatiya Janata Party during the 2018 Assembly elections, the council of ministers in its meeting here on Tuesday decided to provide Rs 5,000 to 14,608 students to purchase a smartphone.

"All the 14,608



students of 38 government-run higher education institutions pursuing graduate courses in medical, para-medical, engineering, science, arts, commerce, law, painting and music and nursing would get the one time financial support to purchase a smartphone," Nath said.

"Through the smartphone, the student would gather the latest information about their academic curriculum and future career after completion of their graduate courses or when they pursue post-graduate studies," the Education Minister added.