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4000 rs laptop
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The foundation,
started by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) alumnus Nicholas
Negroponte, aims to supply the low cost machines to the governments of
developing countries for them to source it to school children.
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But the Indian
government rejected the offer in 2006, calling it an experimental model.
"India must not
allow itself to be used for experimentation with children in this area," the
human resource ministry had stated then.
However the
project was taken up by the Reliance Anil Dhirubahi Group to be implemented as a
pilot in Maharashtra's Khairat village.
Under this
initiative, Reliance Communications will provide net connectivity, backbone,
logistics, and support to the OLPC initiative. "The initiative aims at covering
over 25,000 towns, and 6,00,000 villages in the country by 2008."
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