{"id":10033,"date":"2024-06-14T14:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10033"},"modified":"2024-06-14T14:34:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:34:02","slug":"under-special-drive-himachal-education-department-may-give-smartphones-to-needy-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/under-special-drive-himachal-education-department-may-give-smartphones-to-needy-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Under special drive, Himachal Education Department may give smartphones to needy students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/education\">Education<\/a> Department is contemplating providing cell phones to poor students, who cannot afford smartphones. It plans to launch donate a mobile campaign under which NGOs and individuals would be roped in and companies would be urged to fund mobiles under the Corporate Social <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> Responsibility (CSR) programme.<\/p>\n<p>As per a rough estimate, about 10 per cent of students of government schools do not have smart phones. 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