There is much speculation about the future of the Aakash Tablet, and there almost appears to be a media battle in progress, with different publications reporting: - The Economic Times reports, quoting an unnamed government official, involved with the National Mission for Education through ICT Fund, under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, that the Indian Government has decided to take future tendering and procurement for it's dream project, the Aakash Tablet, away from IIT Rajasthan and hand over the charge to a public sector undertaking. The reason? A public sector firm might be more capable of handling tenders since the process involves large sums of money and handling vendors. This report comes after reports of a spat between Data Wind, the company which was assigned the contract for making 100,000 tablets at a price of $35, and IIT Rajasthan. - The Times of India had earlier reported that the IIT was apparently not happy with the quality of the first tranche of 70,000 tablets (no surprises there) and had suggested a stricter testing standard including testing for conditions like water resistance. DataWind had claimed that the test specs were different from the specs mentioned in the original tender, and that a military standard tablet was not feasible at a low price. It is also reported that Data Wind had not received a payment from IIT Rajasthan for 10,000 tablets. - India Today had reported that the Aakash tablet project was being shelved and the Indian Government was not extending the letter of credit (LC) to Data Wind.…
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