On Janjatiya Gaurav Divas — the national day honouring tribal communities — Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath turned Rashtra Prerna Sthal, Lucknow into a launchpad for one of Uttar Pradesh's most ambitious digital pushes yet. The Chief Minister's Office of Uttar Pradesh announced on 15 November 2026 the formal kickoff of a drive to distribute 25 lakh tablets under the Swami Vivekananda Yuva Sashaktikaran Yojana — and the first day alone put devices in the hands of more than 53,000 students and trainees.

53,000 Tablets on Day One Across Four Districts

The launch event drew students from 300 educational institutions across four districts of Lucknow Division, who received tablets directly at the ceremony. The scale is deliberate: Uttar Pradesh — with the country's largest youth population — has consistently used high-visibility state events to signal the government's commitment to digital access for the last mile.

The choice of Janjatiya Gaurav Divas as the launch date adds a layer of intent. The day, observed nationally since 2021 on the birth anniversary of tribal icon Birsa Munda, is used by governments to underscore development outreach toward historically underserved communities. Anchoring a youth-tech rollout to it is a pointed signal about whose hands the scheme is meant to reach.

18,000-Plus Free Courses, Loaded via Infosys Partnership

The tablets are not blank slates. Through a formal tie-up with Infosys, each device comes preloaded with free learning content spanning more than 18,000 courses — covering skill development, vocational training, and academic subjects. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath described the tablets as 'a major tool for skill development and empowerment' for the youth of the state.

The Infosys content partnership distinguishes this rollout from earlier government tablet schemes that distributed hardware without structured learning pathways. By bundling a corporate-grade course library at zero cost to students, the programme attempts to close the gap between device ownership and actual skill acquisition — the persistent weak link in public digital-education initiatives.

Where the 25-Lakh Target Goes From Here

Sunday's ceremony covered Lucknow Division. The full 25-lakh target will require rolling the scheme out across the remaining divisions of Uttar Pradesh — a logistical and administrative undertaking that will test the state's distribution machinery in the months ahead. Whether course-completion rates and employment outcomes follow the hardware is the question that will ultimately define the programme's legacy.

What is already clear is the ambition: in a single afternoon at Rashtra Prerna Sthal, Uttar Pradesh put technology in the hands of tens of thousands of young learners and staked a claim on what state-led digital empowerment can look like at scale.