NAMO E-Tablet Scheme

What is the NAMO E-Tablet Scheme?

The NAMO E-Tablet Scheme is a Gujarat Education Department initiative, described on the website of the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG), under which a student entering higher education buys a tablet computer for a token amount of Rs 1,000. It is widely called the "Namo Tablet Yojana" and is Gujarat's own state-level version of the idea of putting a low-cost tablet in the hands of a first-year student.

According to the KCG page, the stated aim is to help meritorious students get better support in their higher education and to encourage current aspirants to work harder. The same page records four concrete numbers: the token price of Rs 1,000, a real market price of about Rs 8,000 to Rs 9,000 for the devices, a target of 3 lakh students across the state, and an initial budget of about Rs 200 crore. The tablets were to be supplied by two companies, Acer and Lenovo.

The scheme entry on the Government of India's myScheme portal adds that the tablets carry a 7-inch screen and 4G connectivity, and that the purpose was to promote digital learning and narrow the digital divide between students from different economic backgrounds.

Who is eligible for the NAMO E-Tablet Scheme?

You can apply if:

• You have passed the Class 12 examination from a recognised institution and board in Gujarat.
• You are in the first year of a college course.
• You are in a polytechnic course; polytechnic students are specifically included on the KCG page.

You are not eligible and cannot apply if:

• You passed Class 12 from a board outside Gujarat or from an unrecognised institution.
• You are not in the first year, the benefit is tied to entry into higher education, not to later years of the course.
• You are still in school and have not yet cleared Class 12.
• You have already received a tablet under the scheme. The device is a one-time benefit for a student, not a yearly one.

The KCG page does not publish a family income ceiling or a caste condition. Other listings of the scheme mention an income limit and a below-poverty-line card among the documents. Because that condition is not stated on the state government's own page, treat it as something to confirm with your institution rather than as a settled rule.

How much is the benefit worth?

The student pays Rs 1,000. The KCG page puts the market price of the same device at Rs 8,000 to Rs 9,000, so the effective subsidy is roughly Rs 7,000 to Rs 8,000 per tablet. Against a target of 3 lakh students and a budget of about Rs 200 crore, that works out to an average of about Rs 6,700 of public money per device.

There is no cash transfer under this scheme. The benefit is in kind: a physical tablet handed over to the student. There is also no annual renewal — a student receives the device once.

How to apply for the NAMO E-Tablet Scheme

The NAMO E-Tablet Scheme has never had a self-service citizen portal. The whole enrolment runs through the educational institution, and the steps described for the scheme are these:

1. Approach your own college or polytechnic after taking admission to the first year, and ask the office to enrol you under the NAMO tablet scheme.
2. The institution enters your details; name, category, course and similar fields; into the scheme's back-end system.
3. The institution enters your board and seat number so that your Class 12 result can be matched.
4. You pay Rs 1,000 to the head of the institution.
5. The head of the institution generates a receipt against that payment.
6. The receipt number and date are entered on the scheme website by the institution.
7. The tablet is handed over to you by the institution once the entry is processed.

Because every step after the first is done by the college, the single most useful thing a student can do is to ask the college office, in writing, whether the institution is currently enrolling students and what the last date is.

What documents will the college ask for?

Is the NAMO E-Tablet Scheme still open?

This is the question most readers arrive with, and the honest answer is that no live application window is published anywhere on Gujarat's government portals as of 2 August 2026. Two checks support that.

First, the KCG page that describes the scheme carries a "page last updated" date of 29 June 2018. Every other initiative page on the same site that is still active carries a far more recent date.

Second, the Digital Gujarat citizen services portal, which is where Gujarat routes live citizen applications, lists no tablet service at all.

That is not the same as a formal announcement of closure, and no such announcement has been published on the Education Department or KCG sites. The practical position for a student in 2026 is therefore: the scheme exists on paper, no fresh distribution round is advertised, and the only authority that can confirm your position is your own institution.

This matters for a second reason. A scheme with a well-known name, a small cash payment attached and no live portal is exactly the shape that fraud takes. Do not pay Rs 1,000, or any other sum, to an agent, a website, a WhatsApp contact or a "registration link". The only legitimate payment under this scheme is made to the head of your own institution, against a receipt whose number is entered into the government record.

Where do I get help?

• Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, which publishes the scheme page, can be reached through the web information manager at website-kcg@gujgov.edu.in.
• Your college or polytechnic office is the operational authority for enrolment, payment and handover, and should be your first stop.
• Education Department, Government of Gujarat is the policy owner; its resolutions and circulars are the only place a revival, revision or closure of the scheme would be announced.

If your college tells you the scheme is not running, that is the current position for you, and no third party can override it.