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In the budget of Indian government aakash 2 has got a significant importance and about 765 crore Rs are allotted for the second phase of aakash 2 which is about twice the budget allotted for Indian Space mission Chandrayaan 1. It seems the government has taken this project to its prestige and is working hard to turn down every stone in the path of aakash 2. The second version (aakash 2) is expected to be launched in April. It is expected that about 569 crore Rs will be spend for 50 lakh aakash 2 tablets. The remaining budget is will be utilized for development of applications of the tablet and ‘e-content’ for the users as more emphasis is given to increase the usability of the aakash 2 tablet. The content will be optimized according to the specifications of aakash 2 and available on government portal for free to download.
NME to look after project aakash 2
The project is developed under National Mission for education of Human Resource and Development Ministry (HRD) of India and was launched last year in October. The tablet is currently suffering a performance setback and the delay in delivery is another factor to concerns the Users. The cost of Aakash 2 is Rs 2,276 per unit of which the central government will bear half as a subsidy for the tablet and the rest money will be collected form state governments and Institutions distributing Aakash 2. The recent row over the performance of aakash tablet between IIT Rajasthan and Datawind has resulted in non-utilization of 25 crores funds allotted to IIT Rajasthan for this project. However the project has yet to be stabilize in market and adding more funds to it is seen as an effort to accomplish the same.
Aakash 2 to feature Aadhar apps
The government of India is planning to implement aakash 2 in the aadhar project. Aakash 2 tablet will be loaded with aadhar apps and will support the Unique ID program of Indian government. Aakash 2 is also expected to fight with corruption by using the apps and more importantly eliminating the middle man responsible for most of the corruption. If successful the project will empower the government to strengthen its efforts in the direction of E- Governance which is still a dream to be achieved. Aakash 2 can also provide the basic infrastructure needed or e-governance.
Fresh Tenders for Aakash 2 in April
The fresh tenders for aakash II will be launched in April which will be available with better specifications giving it more power and performance boost. The tenders will be used to diversify the production base of aakash 2 as well as to cater the growing demand of Indian public for this tablet. The cost of aakash 2 will be kept same as aakash tablet 1. While the main aim of the government is to settle the production and make the tablet available to Indian public soon as it has suffered a lot of delayed and the public is right in asking for the delivery date of the aakash 2 .
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