Ulagam Ungal Kaiyil free laptops for college students

5 Jan 2026 · Chennai

Stalin launched a scheme to distribute 20 lakh laptops to students of government colleges, with 10 lakh in the first phase.

On 5 January 2026 Chief Minister M. K. Stalin launched 'Ulagam Ungal Kaiyil' (The world is in your hands), a free laptop scheme for students in government-run colleges and polytechnics. The scheme envisages distributing 20 lakh laptops, with 10 lakh in the first phase and an allocation of Rs. 2,000 crore for the year. The government presented it as a step towards digital empowerment and skill development. An earlier free laptop scheme for school and college students had been run by the AIADMK government from 2011.

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