In order to enable students to attend online classes, Tamil Nadu government today announced free 2GB data per day to 9,69,047 students enrolled in government and government-aided arts and science colleges, polytechnic, engineering colleges and scholarship-funded private colleges from January-April, 2021, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said today (January 10, 2021).
The state government has taken this decision as colleges have remained closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and were conducting online classes, a PTI report quoted the chief minister as saying in a statement.
The report said that as many as 9,69,047 students studying in government and aided Arts and Sciences colleges.