Will Indian students get laptop for $100?

The government of India in tandem with two leading research institutes in the country is working on developing a laptop that will cost $100 (Rs 4000). This news had earlier caught the eye of almost all over the world, after it was published that the laptops will cost only $10 (Rs 400). However, this was later rectified by the government. This numeric error although an embarrassment for the Government, but it doesn’t overshadow the aim of the initiative, which is to give Indian citizens as much access to computers and the Internet as those in wealthier countries. At the moment only 4.38 mn Indian citizens have access to broadband internet, woefully low as compared to the country’s population of over 1.13 bn. Along with the low-cost laptop, the government also plans to give free bandwidth to every Indian for educational purposes.

Research work toward the development of the low-cost laptop is being done at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. The government has not yet disclosed any information about the laptop's features and technical specifications, nor has it said whether the price would include a government subsidy.
India is not a part of the 'One Laptop Per Child' (OLPC) program after officials pulled out saying that it was not practical to hand a laptop to every child. The HRD ministry in 2006 had rejected the OLPC model terming it as quite expensive. The OLPC project was a $50 laptop which is yet to be delivered. However Reliance Communications has launched a pilot OLPC program last year.