MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(SU THIRUNAVUKKARASAR)
(a): The details of the software packages donated by M/s
Microsoft Corporation, USA is given below:
(i) MS Office 2000/XP
(ii) Visual Basic 6.0
(iii) MS Encarta
(iv) MS School Bus Series (3 titles)
(b): The software packages received in the 1st consignment were
handed over to the respective Resident Commissioners of
different States/UT`s for further distribution in schools.
(c): The State-wise list of the number of schools recommended by
Hon`ble Members of Parliament for receiving the software
packages is enclosed at Annexure.
(d): Hon`ble Members of Parliament were requested to recommend 5
schools (50 in case of Members of Consultative Committee attached
to Ministry of Communications and Information Technology)
for receiving the software packages in their respective
States/UTs. No recommendations were received by the Department
of Information Technology from the Hon`ble Members of Parliament
from Nagaland, Tripura, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu,
Lakshadweep and Pondicherry.
