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To reduce the digital divide, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to distribute around 5.5 million smartphones for free under the Sanchar Kranti Yojana (SKY).
“The state cabinet today approved the proposal to distribute free smartphones under the SKY launched in the state to reduce the digital divide,” said the state's Industry Minister Amar Agrawal, adding that the distribution would be taken up in two phases.
In the first phase, phones would be distributed to families living in villages with a population of over 1,000, besides urban poor families and youth enrolled in colleges. The villages selected should have full or partial mobile
