Free Smartphone Yojana – Uttar Pradesh

Current Context: The Government of Uttar Pradesh will be launching an ambitious ‘Free Smartphone Yojana’.

• It will be launched on 25th Dec 2021 as it is the birth anniversary of senior BJP leader and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
• Under the scheme, the state government will distribute smartphones and tablets to the students studying in the final year of graduation and above.
• Around, 60,000 smartphones and 40,000 tablets to the youths will be distributed.
• To avail of the benefit of the scheme, more than 38 lakh youths have registered themselves on Digi Shakti Portal.
• To avail of the benefit of the scheme, the candidate must be a student, resident of the state, and must have secured 60% and above.
• Preference will be given to the youths studying in the final year of MA, BA, BSc, ITI, MBBS, MD, BTech, and MTech.
• The annual income of the family must be less than 2 lakh per annum.
• Static Part: 
• CM of Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath
• Governor of Uttar Pradesh: Anandiben Patel

Question: 

Q.1 Which state to launch ‘Free Smartphone Yojana’?
a. Haryana
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Sikkim