Chandigarh, April 14 - The meeting of the High Powered Purchase Committee (HPPC) chaired by Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today approved the purchases of goods and items to be procured by various departments worth more than Rs. 100 crore. A total of three agendas, including two of the Education and one of the Power department, were tabled in the meeting.

Education Minister, Sh. Kanwar Pal and Transport Minister, Sh. Mool Chand Sharma also remained present on this occasion.

Later sharing the details regarding purchases made in the meeting during a media interaction, Education Minister, Sh. Kanwar Pal said that procurement of Personalized and Adaptive Learning (PAL) software costing more than Rs. 5 crore for classes IX to XII was also approved in the meeting.

This PAL software will be preloaded in the tablets which would be provided to students studying in these classes for a total of 10 subjects, shared the Education Minister. “Besides this, procurement of around 5 lakh Data SIM Cards costing Rs. 47 crore has also been approved by the Committee. These SIM cards would be inserted into the tablets with a daily data limit of 2GB. Also, in the month of May around 2.5 lakh tabs would be distributed to the students studying in classes X to XII” shared Sh. Kanwar Pal.

The Education Minister further informed that Committee has also given nod for the procurement of supply of 11 meter long PCC poles for meeting the requirements of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) costing Rs. 48.89 crore.

Additional Chief Secretary, Power Department, Sh. P K Das, Additional Chief Secretary, School Education Department, Sh. Mahavir Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Sh. Vijayendra Kumar, Director General, Secondary Education, Sh. J. Ganesan and other officers also remained present on this occasion.