Punjab Free Smartphone Scheme or Captain Smart Connect Scheme 2020 is a new scheme announced by the state government of Punjab to provide 50 Lakh free smartphones to class 11th and 12th Students.
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The Government under the Captain Smart Connect Scheme is providing free smartphones to eligible youth along with free 4G data for one year.
The free smartphone scheme in Punjab was announced in 2016 election manifesto but was not launched immediately.
Named as Captain Smart Connect, the free smartphone scheme in Punjab is aimed at providing students with easy digital access to educational content online.
After a wait of more than 3 years, the Captain smart connect free smartphone scheme has been launched and in the first phase of the scheme, smartphone have been distributed to girl students.
On 28 July 2020, CM Captain Amarinder Singh of Punjab govt. has decided to start 1st phase of Free Smartphone Distribution Scheme. In this first phase, around 50,000 smartphones would be given to students of govt. schools which are studying in class 11th or 12th.
All the students will be required to submit a self certification form. This form will ensure that the youth beneficiaries of this scheme are already not in a possession of smartphone and they really requires it.
Punjab free smartphone scheme is expected to benefit a total of 1,74,015 Class XII students of government schools in the first phase. The first phase of the captain smart connect scheme would be completed by November 2020.
