India is all set to introduce world’s cheapest laptop after proposed cheapest car nano by TATA. The new laptop will cost around $10 only. It will be 10 times cheapest than already present cheapest laptop in the market. Massachusetts-based non-government organization is selling laptop for $188 at present which is considered as the cheapest laptop in the market. It is aimed toward spreading technical education in India.

Minister of State for Human Resource Development D Purandeswari has confirmed that research work is being done at technology institutes to fulfill this dream project. It will be useful for students for educational activities. The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras are working on trail version of the cheapest laptop. OLPC laptop for $50 price tag is also expected to come in the market by 2010. Earlier in the year, the Indian government has rejected the plan of providing OLPC laptops to students as it found this laptop expensive and experimental.

The HRD minister expressed hope that the upcoming laptop will help in computer education and e-learning in India and the world as well. The government is also planning to provide free educational bandwidth for spreading online education in rural India.