<span style="color: #222222;">Uttar Pradesh government today launched the distribution of tablets and smartphones to 1 crore students, to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today distributed free mobiles and tablets to one lakh final year students at Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Bajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow in the first phase of the scheme. A large number of students from every district of the state participated in the program. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and many ministers of the state government were also present on the occasion.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> <br />'' Addressing the gathering of students at Ekana stadium, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the scheme has been launched to make students of the state more technically sound and it will help them in their studies. Remembering former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary, Yogi Adityanath recalled that Atal ji used to say that living for self is not the life but living for others and the society gives meaning to the life.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The CM said that during covid period, the youth faced difficulties in attending classes that is why government decided to distribute smartphones and tablets to the youth so that they can continue their studies without any problem.<br />''<br />''In the first phase, students of MA, BA, BSc, ITI, MBBS, MD, BTech, MTech, PhD MSME and Skill Development, who are studying in the final year, will be given preference in the distribution of tablets and smartphones.</span>