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Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jayalalitha gets one better than Parrikar and Digu: http://www.livemint.com/2011/10/19224535/Lenovo-lowest-bidder-in-race-f.html?atype=tp The laptops are among the freebies, including kitchen mixers, wet grinders and livestock, that Jayalalithaa promised to dole out if she was voted to power in the state elections held in April. After she swept to victory, she began making good on her poll promises, taking out tenders to procure vast numbers of the giveaways, which have had firms vying to be the lowest bidders and win the large-volume orders. The Tamil Nadu government plans to distribute 6.8 million free laptops to students of government-aided high schools and colleges through the five-year term of this administration, at a cost of Rs.10,200 crore. Of those, 906,000 laptops are being given away in the remainder of this fiscal year at a cost of Rs.912 crore.